2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 California, there were 690 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,033 and $50,719 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 607 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree library science students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in California

#1

San Jose State University

San Jose, California

#2 in overall quality

$18,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,417 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jose State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in California. San Jose, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library science degrees to 566 students in 2019-2020.

San Jose State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Jose State University are $18,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,647 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in California. USC is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 40 masters’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at University of Southern California

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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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