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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist is the 717th most popular major in the country with 370 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 108 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools 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.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region list. Murray State University is a public institution located in Murray, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Murray State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Murray State University is $11,736 for southeast region school librarian/school library media specialist students.
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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 in the Southeast Region. This medium-sized school is located in Milledgeville, Georgia, and it awarded 12 ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region 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 Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Georgia College & State University is $20,139 for Southeast Region School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist at Georgia College
Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #3 spot on the list. Richmond, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Eastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $13,763 for southeast region school librarian/school library media specialist students per year to attend Eastern.
Read more about School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist at Eastern
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Longwood University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Farmville, Virginia, and it awarded 34 ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2020-2021.
Longwood also made our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Longwood is $19,545 for Southeast Region School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist at Longwood University
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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
- *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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