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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in Pennsylvania” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 269 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,967 and $36,488 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 250 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the library science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The library science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

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

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

#1

Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Clarion, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$13,862 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarion University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Clarion University of Pennsylvania is a public institution located in Clarion, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 164 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Clarion University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clarion University are $13,862, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Clarion University of Pennsylvania Library Science Report

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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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