2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 103 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 73 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 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.

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.

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Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist in the Southeast Region

#1

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$14,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Murray State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Murray, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist students in 2019-2020.

Murray State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Murray State University are $14,400.

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#2

Georgia College & State University

Milledgeville, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$20,868 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia College & State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Milledgeville, Georgia, this medium-sized public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree school librarian/school library media specialist students list, Georgia College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia College are $20,868, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

#4 in overall quality

$14,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Kentucky University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Eastern Kentucky University is located in Richmond, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to qualified students.

Eastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern are $14,500.

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#4

Longwood University

Farmville, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$20,484 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Longwood University landed the #4 spot on the list. Longwood is a public institution located in Farmville, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Longwood also made our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Longwood University are $20,484, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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