2024 Best Value Library Science Schools in Massachusetts
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Ranked Colleges
273
Degrees Awarded
$27,900
Avg Net Price*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Library Science Schools in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 6,538 people earned their degree in library science, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, library science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,990 and had an average of $24,604 in loans still to pay off.
Across Massachusetts, there were 273 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,784 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent library science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the library science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Library Science Schools in Massachusetts
The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts library science students.
Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Library Science in Massachusetts
Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #1 spot on the list. Simmons University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 273 ’s library science degrees to qualified students.
Simmons not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library Science Schools in Massachusetts” list. It costs about $27,920 for Massachusetts Library Science students per year to attend Simmons.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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
- *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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