2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Library Science

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 an Associate” 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.

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

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great library science programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for an Associate

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Library Science

#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 list. Ivy Tech Community College is a public institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ivy Tech Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library Science Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ivy Tech Community College is $6,919 for Associate Degree Library Science students.

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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