2023 Most Focused Colleges for Library & Archives Assisting in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 467 people earned their degree in library and archives assisting, making the major the 873rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 16 library and archives assisting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in library and archives assisting. That schools that top this list have a program in library and archives assisting in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Library & Archives Assisting in the Plains States Region

1

Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minneapolis, Minnesota

$42,845 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,910 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minneapolis Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified ’s archives students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Library & Archives Assisting at Minneapolis Community and Technical College

2

Western Dakota Technical Institute
Rapid City, South Dakota

$37,539 Average Early-Career Earnings

$16,885 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Dakota Technical Institute. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Plains States Region list. Western Dakota Tech is a public institution located in Rapid City, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Western Dakota Technical Institute Library & Archives Assisting Report

3

Northeast Community College
Norfolk, Nebraska

$34,151 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,808 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeast Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Plains States Region. Norfolk, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s archives degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Northeast Community College Library & Archives Assisting Report

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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.

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