2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 Missouri, there were 62 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,086 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree library science students with aid.

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

#1

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$16,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Missouri. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Warrensburg, Missouri, this medium-sized public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified masters’s library science students in 2019-2020.

UCM also made our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCM are $16,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Library Science at University of Central Missouri

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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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