2022 Best Vallue Library Science Schools in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Library Science Schools in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,403 people earned their degree in library and information science, making the major the 124th most popular in the United States. 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 Illinois, there were 70 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,500 and $34,462 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.

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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Best Vallue Library Science Schools in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Library Science Schools in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income Over $110k) in Illinois

#1

Dominican University

River Forest, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,268 Average Net Price

$38,363 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Library Science Schools in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #1 spot on the list. River Forest, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s library science degrees to 64 students in 2019-2020.

Dominican U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Schools in Illinois” list. The estimated yearly cost for Dominican U is $19,268 for Illinois Library Science students whose families make more than $110k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Dominican University

• Best Value Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income Over $110k)

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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