2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Ohio, there were 200 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,000 and $31,028 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 200 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,649 and $41,690 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the library and information science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in Ohio (With Aid)

#1

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$21,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$36,390 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the #1 spot on the list. Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 200 masters’s library science degrees to qualified students.

Kent State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State University at Kent are $21,952, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Kent State University at Kent

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (With Aid)

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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