2023 Schools Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Southwest region, there were 22 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 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 Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist in the Southwest Region

1

East Central University
Ada, Oklahoma

$37,464 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,330 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Central University landed the #1 spot on the list. East Central University is a public institution located in Ada, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, Oklahoma

$39,113 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,041 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southwest Region list. UCO is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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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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