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2023 Best Value Library & Information Science Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,942 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,367 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Library & Information Science School for You

Library & Information Science is the #135 most popular major in Iowa with 48 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Library & Information Science Schools in Iowa ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Check out the library science programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Library & Information Science School

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA
$9,942 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the best value school in Iowa for library and information science students. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Iowa are $9,942 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Library & Information Science Schools in Iowa list.

Full Library & Information Science at University of Iowa Report

Best Value Library & Information Science Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 105
Minnesota 33
Kansas 165
Nebraska 14

One of 2 majors within the area of study, library and information science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Library Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Library & Archives Assisting 467
Other Library & Archives Assisting 121

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 Diliff.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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