2022 Best Value Colleges for Library Science (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Library Science Schools in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Library Science is the 35th most popular major in the country with 5,894 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Illinois, there were 121 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,500 and $34,462 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Library Science Schools in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Library Science Schools in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Library Science (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

Dominican University

River Forest, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$18,582 Average Net Price

$38,363 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #1 spot on the list. River Forest, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s library science degrees to 64 students in 2019-2020.

Dominican U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Library Science Schools in Illinois” list. It costs about $18,582 for Illinois Library Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Dominican University.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Library Science at Dominican University

• Best Value Colleges for Library Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Colleges for Library Science (Income $48-$75k)

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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