2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Illinois, there were 121 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,500 and $34,462 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 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 a Doctorate in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in Illinois

#1

Dominican University

River Forest, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$20,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #1 spot on the list. Dominican U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in River Forest, Illinois. It awarded 1 doctorate’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois doctor’s degree library science students list, Dominican U has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Library Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dominican U are $20,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Library Science at Dominican University

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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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