2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in California
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 California, there were 901 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,625 and $51,601 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 51 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent library science programs, but they also cost less that 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 Bachelor’s in California
The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree library science students.
Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in California
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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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