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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,894 people earned their degree in library science, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. 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 Minnesota, there were 44 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,800 and $40,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the library science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota 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 Minnesota

#1

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$17,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, St Catherine University landed the #1 spot on the list. St. Kate’s is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 34 masters’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St Catherine University are $17,400, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Library Science at St Catherine University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science (Income $30-$48k)

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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