by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 467 people earned their degree in library and archives assisting, making the major the 324th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, library and archives assisting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $20,636 and had an average of $16,000 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 69 library and archives assisting graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,636 and $16,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 43 library and archives assisting graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in library and archives assisting. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their library and archives assisting program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree archives students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belmont College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Belmont College is a small public school situated in Saint Clairsville, Ohio. It awarded 3 associates’s archives degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of DuPage. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Great Lakes Region. College of DuPage is a large public school situated in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. It awarded 12 associates’s archives degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Oakland Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. It awarded 3 associates’s archives degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Library & Archives Assisting at Oakland Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kaskaskia College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Great Lakes Region. Centralia, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s archives degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Central College landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in East Peoria, Illinois, and it awarded 1 associates’s archives degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Ivy Tech Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ivy Tech Community College is a large school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 22 associates’s archives degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Ivy Tech Community College Library & Archives Assisting Report
City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Wilbur Wright College is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 1 associates’s archives degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #8, Clark State Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Clark State Community College is a medium-sized school located in Springfield, Ohio that handed out 0 associates’s archives degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
Read more about Library & Archives Assisting at Clark State Community College
With a ranking of #8, College of Lake County did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Grayslake, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s archives students in 2020-2021.
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