2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 370 people earned their degree in school librarian/school library media specialist, making the major the 717th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 108 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 80 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in school librarian/school library media specialist. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their school librarian/school library media specialist program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree school librarian/school library media specialist students.

Top 7 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist in the Southeast Region

1

Longwood University
Farmville, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Longwood University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region. Longwood University is located in Farmville, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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2

Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia College & State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region list. Milledgeville, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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3

Murray State University
Murray, Kentucky

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Murray State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Murray, Kentucky. It awarded 12 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, Kentucky

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region list. Eastern is a fairly large public school situated in Richmond, Kentucky. It awarded 17 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Eastern Kentucky University School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Report

5

University of South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama

Top 20% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Alabama. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region list. University of South Alabama is located in Mobile, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to qualified students.

Full University of South Alabama School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Report

6

Columbus State University
Columbus, Georgia

Columbus State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region list. CSU is a medium-sized school located in Columbus, Georgia that handed out 0 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Columbus State University School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Report

6

Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

Nova Southeastern University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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

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