2022 Best Vallue Library Science Schools in Minnesota For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Library Science Schools in Minnesota For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great library science programs and cost less that 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Vallue Library Science Schools in Minnesota For Those Making Over $110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Vallue Library Science Schools in Minnesota For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Library Science Schools in Minnesota For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Library Science (Income Over $110k) in Minnesota

#1

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$19,078 Average Net Price

$51,186 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Library Science Schools in Minnesota For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 34 degrees to qualified ’s library science students in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Library Science Schools in Minnesota” list. It costs about $19,078 for Minnesota Library Science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend St Catherine University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Library Science at St Catherine University

• Best Value Colleges for Library Science (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Colleges for Library Science (Income Over $110k)

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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