2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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” ranking - to help you make that 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 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.

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 for a Master’s in Minnesota

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science 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 that were part of this year’s ranking, St Catherine University landed the #1 spot on the list. St Catherine University is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 masters’s library science degrees to qualified students.

St. Kate’s also made our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St. Kate’s are $17,400.

Read more about Library Science at St Catherine University

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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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