2022 Best Vallue Library Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Library Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 202 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great library science programs and 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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The library science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Vallue Library Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k”.

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Best Vallue Library Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree library science students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income Over $110k)

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$6,919 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Library Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ivy Tech Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Ivy Tech Community College is a large public school situated in Indianapolis, Indiana. It awarded 21 associates’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

Ivy Tech Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library Science Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,919 for Associate Degree Library Science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Ivy Tech Community College.

Read more about Library Science at Ivy Tech Community College

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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