2022 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist is the 741st most popular major in the country with 330 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 23 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in school librarian/school library media specialist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great school librarian/school library media specialist programs and 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 school librarian/school library media specialist program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region school librarian/school library media specialist students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

East Central University

Ada, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$15,029 Average Net Price

$36,167 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Central University landed the #1 spot on the list. ECU is located in Ada, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to qualified students.

ECU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,029 for Southwest Region School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend ECU.

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#2

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$21,330 Average Net Price

$37,034 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 9 ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Oklahoma is $21,330 for Southwest Region School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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.

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