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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Kansas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 5,191 people earned their degree in library and information science, making the major the 141st most popular in the United States.

Across Kansas, there were 151 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 148 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,499 and $30,950 respectively.

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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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 Kansas” 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 Kansas

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

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

#1

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,058 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emporia State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Kansas list. Emporia State University is a medium-sized school located in Emporia, Kansas that handed out 148 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2019-2020.

ESU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Emporia State University are $22,058.

Read more about Library & Information Science at Emporia State 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

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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