2022 Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 California, there were 57 other library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,400 and $54,246 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 other library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other library science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other library science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Library & Archives Assisting (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,131 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,112 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #1 spot on the list. UCLA is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 54 masters’s other library science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCLA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Library & Archives Assisting Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCLA are $28,131.

Read full report on Other Library & Archives Assisting at UCLA

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Library & Archives Assisting (Income $30-$48k)

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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