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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$16,300
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 370 people earned their degree in school librarian/school library media specialist, making the major the 717th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 108 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 Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the school librarian/school library media specialist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region school librarian/school library media specialist students with aid.
Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Murray State University is a medium-sized school located in Murray, Kentucky that handed out 12 ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2020-2021.
Murray State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Murray State is $11,736 for Southeast Region School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist students with aid.
Full Murray State University School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Richmond, Kentucky, and it awarded 17 ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2020-2021.
Eastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Eastern is $13,763 for Southeast Region School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist students with aid.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia College & State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Milledgeville, Georgia, and it awarded 12 ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2020-2021.
Georgia College also made our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $20,139 for southeast region school librarian/school library media specialist students with aid per year to attend Georgia College.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Longwood University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Farmville, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
Longwood also took the #3 spot in our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Longwood University is $19,545 for southeast region school librarian/school library media specialist students with aid.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Longwood School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist 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
- *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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