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2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
50 Degrees Awarded
$6,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Library Science Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Value Library Science Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” 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.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 888 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,978 and $34,611 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 50 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library science programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Value Library Science Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Library Science in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

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 in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this large public school handed out 21 diplomas to qualified associates’s library science students in 2019-2020.

Ivy Tech Community College also made our “Best Library Science Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Ivy Tech Community College is $6,919 for great lakes region associate degree library science students with aid.

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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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