2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Library Science (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Library Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

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

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 Value Library Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Library Science (With Aid)

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$6,919 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ivy Tech Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Ivy Tech Community College is a large school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 21 associates’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

Ivy Tech Community College also made our “Best Library Science Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Ivy Tech Community College is $6,919 for associate degree library science students with aid.

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.

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

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