2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 935 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,943 and $30,469 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 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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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 Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree library science students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Texas Woman's University

Denton, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$14,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s library science degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

TWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Woman’s University are $14,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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.

Credits

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

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