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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income $0-$30k) in Georgia

1 Ranked Colleges
87 Degrees Awarded
$18,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master's in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Library Science is the 35th most popular major in the country with 5,894 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, library science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,658 and had an average of $36,277 in loans still to pay off.

Across Georgia, there were 87 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,900 and $28,875 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 87 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,988 and $43,995 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 library science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income $0-$30k) in Georgia

#1

Valdosta State University

Valdosta, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valdosta State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k list. VSU is a fairly large school located in Valdosta, Georgia that handed out 87 masters’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at VSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Valdosta State University are $18,682, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Library Science at VSU

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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