2022 Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii

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 Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii” 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 Hawaii, there were 17 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent library and information science programs, but they also 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii list. UH Manoa is a public institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH Manoa are $34,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Library & Information Science at UH Manoa

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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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