2022 Best Value Colleges for Library & Information Science in Oklahoma (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Library and Information Science Schools in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Library & Information Science is the 141st most popular major in the country with 5,191 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Oklahoma, there were 103 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in library and information science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great library and information science 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 library and information science 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 Library and Information Science Schools in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for oklahoma library and information science students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Library & Information Science in Oklahoma (With Aid)

#1

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$9,994 Average Net Price

$39,093 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid. Northeastern State University is a medium-sized school located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma that handed out 15 ’s library and information science degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Library & Information Science Schools in Oklahoma” list. The estimated yearly cost for NSU is $9,994 for oklahoma library and information science students with aid.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Northeastern State University

#2

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Norman, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$21,145 Average Net Price

$49,244 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 88 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Schools in Oklahoma” ranking. It costs about $21,145 for oklahoma library and information science students with aid per year to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at University of Oklahoma

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• Best Value Colleges for Library & Information Science (With Aid)

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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