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2023 Best Value Colleges for Library Science in the New England Region

1 Ranked Colleges
387 Degrees Awarded
$27,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region” ranking.

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 New England region, there were 387 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,275 and $22,333 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library science programs that also have a lower cost than 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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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 in the New England Region”.

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Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Library Science in the New England Region

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Simmons University
Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Simmons University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s library science degrees to 273 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Simmons, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library Science Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $27,920 for new england region library science students per year to attend Simmons.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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