2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Kentucky, there were 102 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,150 and $28,145 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 102 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in library science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library 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 science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky master’s degree library science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income $0-$30k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Kentucky is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 73 masters’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

UK also made our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216.

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#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

$18,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 29 diplomas to qualified masters’s library science students in 2019-2020.

WKU also made our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at WKU are $18,340, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

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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