2023 Most Focused Colleges for Other Library Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Other Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 121 people earned their degree in other library science, making the major the 959th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 28 other library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Other Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other library science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other library science.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Schools Highly Focused on Other Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Other Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for Other Library Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Other Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, LIU Post landed the #1 spot on the list. LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 ’s other library science degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Other Library Science at LIU Post
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pratt Institute - Main. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Other Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Brooklyn, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s other library science degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Other Library Science at Pratt Institute
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Other Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. University of Maryland - College Park is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Other Library Science at University of Maryland - College Park
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Other Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Buffalo, New York, this large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified ’s other library science students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Other Library Science at University at Buffalo
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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
- *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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