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2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
126 Degrees Awarded
$30,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master's in Washington For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Washington For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Washington, there were 145 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 126 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington master’s degree library science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income $30-$48k) in Washington

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 126 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Library Science at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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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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