2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in Kansas

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Science Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Library & Information Science is the 124th most popular major in the country with 5,403 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, library and information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,496 and had an average of $36,654 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kansas, there were 151 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,900 and $30,872 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,017 and $87,459 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 Science Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for kansas doctor’s degree library science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in Kansas

#1

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,058 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emporia State University landed the #1 spot on the list. ESU is a medium-sized public school situated in Emporia, Kansas. It awarded 3 doctorate’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

ESU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ESU are $22,058, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Emporia State University Library & Information Science Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k)

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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