2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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” 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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in Ohio

#1

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$21,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the #1 spot on the list. Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 200 masters’s library science degrees to qualified students.

Kent State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State are $21,952, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Library Science at Kent State

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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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