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2023 Best Value Library Science Master's Degree Schools in Missouri

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$9,156 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,422 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Library Science Master's Degree School for You

Library Science is the #24 most popular major in Missouri with 105 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Library Science Master's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Library Science Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Library Science Master's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Missouri the best value school in Missouri for library science students working on their master’s degree. UCM is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Warrensburg.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCM are $9,156 per year.

Full Library Science at University of Central Missouri Report

Best Value Library Science Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Library Science Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 168
Minnesota 33
Iowa 48

Library Science Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Library & Information Science 5,809
Other Library & Archives Assisting 120

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to John Cummings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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