2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 the Great Lakes region, there were 805 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,978 and $36,837 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library and information science. 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 3 doctorate’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Library & Information Science at UW - Madison

#2

Dominican University

River Forest, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$20,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #2 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 doctorate’s library science degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dominican U, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dominican U are $20,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Dominican U

#2

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$33,338 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s library science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree library science students list, IU Bloomington has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Library & Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Bloomington are $33,338, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Indiana University - Bloomington Library & Information Science Report

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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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