2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee
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 Master’s in Tennessee” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Tennessee, there were 128 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,200 and $35,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 114 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee
The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee master’s degree library science students.
Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in Tennessee
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library science degrees to 100 students in 2019-2020.
UT Knoxville also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798.
Read more about Library & Information Science at UT Knoxville
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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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