2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income $30-$48k) in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 5,894 people earned their degree in library science, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, library science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,658 and had an average of $36,277 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 901 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,625 and $51,601 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 51 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent library science programs, but they also cost less that 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 library science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

The University of Arizona Global Campus

San Diego, California

#1 in overall quality

$20,998 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Arizona Global Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in San Diego, California, this large private for-profit school awarded 51 degrees to qualified bachelors’s library science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAGC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UAGC is $20,998 for California Bachelor’s Degree Library Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to John Cummings.

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