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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 for a Master’s in Kentucky” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Kentucky, there were 36 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 36 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the school librarian/school library media specialist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist in Kentucky

#1

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$14,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky list. Murray, Kentucky is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Murray State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Murray State are $14,400.

Full Murray State School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Report

#2

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$14,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky 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 20 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern also took the #2 spot in our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern are $14,500, 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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