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

1 Ranked Colleges
62 Degrees Awarded
$16,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master's in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Missouri, there were 62 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,086 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library and information science programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k.

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

#1

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #1 spot on the list. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library science degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

UCM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Missouri are $16,394, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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