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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $30-$48k) in Hawaii

1 Ranked Colleges
17 Degrees Awarded
$34,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master's in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Hawaii, there were 17 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,800 and $40,084 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.

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 and information science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii master’s degree library science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $30-$48k) in Hawaii

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. UH Manoa is a fairly large public school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 17 masters’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Manoa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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