2023 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist is the 717th most popular major in the country with 370 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 32 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in school librarian/school library media specialist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality school librarian/school library media specialist 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 school librarian/school library media specialist program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

1

Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$10,348 Average Net Price

$45,870 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large school located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota that handed out 11 ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2020-2021.

St. Cloud State University also made our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Cloud State University is $10,348 for plains states region school librarian/school library media specialist students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist at St. Cloud State University

2

Lindenwood University
Saint Charles, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$12,948 Average Net Price

$41,243 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lindenwood University landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Charles, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

Lindenwood University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Lindenwood University is $12,948 for Plains States Region School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 more about School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist at Lindenwood University

• Best Value Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist (Income $0-$30k)

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 Aparajita Datta.