2022 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 24 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 9 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

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. 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 Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree school librarian/school library media specialist students.

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

#1

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school situated in Mankato, Minnesota. It awarded 6 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788, 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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