2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in Colorado (With 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 Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Colorado, there were 71 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,300 and $37,218 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library and information science. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The library science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid”.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in Colorado (With Aid)

#1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,997 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library science degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Library & Information Science at CU Anschutz

#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,426 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 26 masters’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

DU also made our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Library & Information Science at University of Denver

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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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