2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Library & Archives Assisting

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Library & Archives Assisting is the 328th most popular major in the country with 128 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other library science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,250 and had an average of $36,571 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 102 other library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in other library science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other library 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 other library science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Library & Archives Assisting

#1

LIU Post

Brookville, New York

#2 in overall quality

$23,479 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$61,020 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LIU Post. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s. LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 masters’s other library science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our master’s degree other library science students list, LIU Post has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Library & Archives Assisting Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at LIU Post are $23,479, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Other Library & Archives Assisting at LIU Post

#2

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,131 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,112 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #2 spot on the list. University of California - Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 54 masters’s other library science degrees to qualified students.

UCLA also made our “Best Other Library & Archives Assisting Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCLA are $28,131, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UCLA Other Library & Archives Assisting Report

#3

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

#4 in overall quality

$11,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,416 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #3 spot on the list. UCA is a fairly large school located in Conway, Arkansas that handed out 15 masters’s other library science degrees in 2019-2020.

UCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Other Library & Archives Assisting Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCA are $11,648.

Read full report on Other Library & Archives Assisting at UCA

#4

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#3 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Other Library Science Schools for a Master’s list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s other library science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our master’s degree other library science students list, UW Seattle has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Other Library & Archives Assisting Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294.

Read more about Other Library & Archives Assisting at UW Seattle

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to John Cummings.

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