2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in Arkansas

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Arkansas, there were 15 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,100 and $18,896 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in Arkansas

#1

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$11,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #1 spot on the list. Conway, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library science degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCA are $11,648.

Read full report on Library Science at University of Central Arkansas

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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%.

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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