2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist in the Southwest 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 Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 23 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 22 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist in the Southwest Region

#1

East Central University

Ada, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$11,568 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Central University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Ada, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

ECU 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 the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ECU are $11,568, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full East Central University 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

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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