2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking - to help you make that 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 Maryland, there were 86 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,300 and $35,175 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the library and information science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Maryland.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,356 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Maryland list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school handed out 86 diplomas to qualified masters’s library science students in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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