2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k

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 for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 New Jersey, there were 184 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,200 and $41,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,871 and $95,555 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey doctor’s degree library science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income $75-$110k) in New Jersey

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$32,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #1 spot on the list. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s library science degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers New Brunswick are $32,132, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Library Science at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income $75-$110k)

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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