2022 Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,894 people earned their degree in library science, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. 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. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 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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Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income Over $110k) in Illinois

#1

Dominican University

River Forest, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$20,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #1 spot on the list. Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s library science degrees to qualified students.

Dominican U also made our “Best Library Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dominican U are $20,884, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Dominican University Library Science Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income Over $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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