2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist in the Middle Atlantic Region
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 for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2019-2020, 330 people earned their degree in school librarian/school library media specialist, making the major the 741st most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 102 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 101 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in school librarian/school library media specialist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent school librarian/school library media specialist programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree school librarian/school library media specialist students.
Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McDaniel College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. McDaniel is located in Westminster, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at McDaniel, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at McDaniel College are $9,568, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Queens College landed the #2 spot on the list. QC is a fairly large school located in Queens, New York that handed out 10 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2019-2020.
QC also made our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Queens College are $21,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St. John Fisher College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Rochester, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist students in 2019-2020.
Fisher did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St. John Fisher College are $17,820.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 26 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University at Buffalo, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Albany. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Albany, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.
UAlbany also made our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Albany are $25,225, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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With a ranking of #6, Syracuse University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to qualified students.
Syracuse also took the #1 spot in our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse University are $41,714.
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- 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%.
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- *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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