2023 Best Value Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
9
Ranked Colleges
1,099
Degrees Awarded
$23,000
Avg Net Price*
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Library Science is the 35th most popular major in the country with 6,538 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, library science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,990 and had an average of $24,604 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,099 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,810 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in library science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library science programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Value Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
Top 9 Best Value Colleges for Library Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarion University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Clarion, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 163 ’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
Clarion University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $19,452 for middle atlantic region library science students per year to attend Clarion University.
Read more about Library Science at Clarion University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Queens College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region. Queens College is a fairly large school located in Queens, New York that handed out 94 ’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
QC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend QC is $3,469 for middle atlantic region library science students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full QC Library Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LIU Post. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 122 ’s library science degrees to qualified students.
LIU Post did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend LIU Post is $26,069 for Middle Atlantic Region Library Science students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Library Science at LIU Post
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 194 ’s library science degrees to qualified students.
Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rutgers New Brunswick is $23,035 for Middle Atlantic Region Library Science students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Library Science at Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #5 spot on the list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 104 ’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region library science students list, UMCP has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maryland - College Park is $18,048 for middle atlantic region library science students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Library Science at UMCP
University at Buffalo came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s library science degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.
University at Buffalo also took the #8 spot in our “Best Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University at Buffalo is $19,262 for middle atlantic region library science students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read full report on Library Science at University at Buffalo
Drexel University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 54 diplomas to qualified ’s library science students in 2020-2021.
Drexel also took the #5 spot in our “Best Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Drexel is $35,963 for Middle Atlantic Region Library Science students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Drexel Library Science Report
St John’s University - New York did quite well in the 2023 Best Value Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #8. This fairly large school is located in Queens, New York, and it awarded 56 ’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region library science students list, STJ has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend St John’s University - New York is $27,210 for middle atlantic region library science students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Library Science at St John’s University - New York
Syracuse University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Syracuse is a large school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 119 ’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
Syracuse also took the #6 spot in our “Best Library Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Syracuse University is $34,683 for Middle Atlantic Region Library Science students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Read more about Library Science at Syracuse 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
- *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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