In addition to meeting application requirements, you’ll have to consider how much it will cost to study at your dream school. Colleges and universities offer scholarships and financial aid, as do corporations, associations, and the government. You might be surprised by the options you discover. To help you get a sense of your baseline education costs, here are the typical tuition rates for a library science degree:

average yearly tuition as per the most recent US census data
$ 8,687 per year
Average in-state tuition in 2017

6% above average compared to other degrees

$ 20,942 per year
Average out-of-state tuition in 2017

7% above average compared to other degrees

$ 25,961 per year
Average private tuition in 2017

16% below average compared to other degrees

What do library science graduates earn?

Library science students make an average of $90,607 per year after graduation. This is 36% above average compared to other undergraduate degrees.

$ 90,607 per year
Average graduate salary in 2024

Top 89% of degrees

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% of people underpaid in 2019

0% above average compared to other degrees

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