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2022 Best Value Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
935 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Southwest region, there were 935 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,943 and $30,469 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in library science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent library science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the library science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Colleges for Library Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. TWU is a fairly large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 258 ’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region library science students whose families make $75-$110k list, TWU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Woman’s University is $14,134 for southwest region library science students whose families make $75-$110k.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school handed out 325 degrees to qualified ’s library science students in 2019-2020.

UNT also made our “Best Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend University of North Texas is $21,613 for Southwest Region Library Science students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #3 spot on the list. SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 58 ’s library science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region library science students whose families make $75-$110k list, SHSU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SHSU is $19,531 for Southwest Region Library Science students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#4

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s library science degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

NSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for NSU is $15,029 for Southwest Region Library Science students whose families make $75-$110k.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s library science degrees to 51 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce also made our “Best Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Commerce is $19,060 for southwest region library science students whose families make $75-$110k.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 88 ’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also took the #4 spot in our “Best Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma is $24,730 for Southwest Region Library Science students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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%.

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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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