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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Minnesota, there were 44 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,800 and $40,750 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the library science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

#1

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$17,062 Average Net Price

$51,186 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools in Minnesota For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, St Catherine University landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s library science degrees to 34 students in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library Science Schools in Minnesota” ranking. It costs about $17,062 for Minnesota Library Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend St Catherine University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Library Science at St Catherine University

• Best Value Colleges for Library Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States 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.

Credits

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

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