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2023 Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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387 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Library Science is the 35th most popular major in the country with 6,538 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, library science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,990 and had an average of $24,604 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 387 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,275 and $22,333 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great library science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the library science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Library Science (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

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Simmons University
Boston, Massachusetts

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #1 spot on the list. Simmons is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 273 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Simmons not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library Science Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $26,374 for New England Region Library Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Simmons.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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