2022 Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado 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 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 Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Colorado, there were 87 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,300 and $37,218 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library science programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income Over $110k) in Colorado

#1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 45 masters’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Library Science at CU Anschutz

#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k list. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 26 masters’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

DU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899.

Read full report on Library Science at University of Denver

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’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.

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