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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” 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 Massachusetts, there were 284 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,400 and $45,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 272 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

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. 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 Massachusetts”.

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

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

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

#1

Simmons University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$21,698 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,047 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #1 spot on the list. Simmons is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 272 masters’s library science degrees to qualified students.

Simmons also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Simmons are $21,698.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Simmons University

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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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