2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in Ohio (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio 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.

Across Ohio, there were 202 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,000 and $31,028 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 200 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,649 and $41,690 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great library science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the library science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in Ohio (With Aid)

#1

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$21,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid list. Kent State University at Kent is a large public school situated in Kent, Ohio. It awarded 200 masters’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State are $21,952.

Read more about Library Science at Kent State University at Kent

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

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