2022 Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 128 people earned their degree in other library science, making the major the 328th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other library science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,250 and had an average of $36,571 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 29 other library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 other library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other library science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other library science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other library science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree other library science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Library & Archives Assisting (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

LIU Post

Brookville, New York

#1 in overall quality

$23,479 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$61,020 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LIU Post. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. LIU Post is a private not-for-profit institution located in Brookville, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LIU Post, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Library & Archives Assisting Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at LIU Post are $23,479.

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#2

Pratt Institute - Main

Brooklyn, New York

$35,226 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pratt Institute - Main landed the #2 spot on the list. Brooklyn, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other library science degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Pratt Institute not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Other Library & Archives Assisting Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pratt Institute are $35,226, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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