2022 Best Value Other Library Science Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Library Science Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Library & Archives Assisting is the 328th most popular major in the country with 128 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Washington, there were 7 other library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other library science programs, but they also cost less that 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Other Library Science Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Other Library Science Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Library Science Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Other Library & Archives Assisting in Washington (With Aid)

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$13,297 Average Net Price

$56,034 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Library Science Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 7 ’s other library science degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Library & Archives Assisting Schools in Washington” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Washington - Seattle Campus is $13,297 for washington other library science students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UW Seattle Other Library & Archives Assisting Report

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• Best Value Colleges for Other Library & Archives Assisting (With Aid)

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.

Credits

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