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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Library & Information Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 5,696 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 76 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent library & information science 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 library & information science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The library and information science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in Illinois”.
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. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in Illinois.
Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #1 spot on the list. River Forest, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s library and information science degrees to 66 students in 2020-2021.
Dominican U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend Dominican U is $18,645 for illinois library and information science students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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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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