2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Plains States Region

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Library & Archives Assisting is the 324th most popular major in the country with 467 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Plains States region, there were 16 library and archives assisting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 9 library and archives assisting graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate 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.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Plains States Region

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

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

1

Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Plains States Region list. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 7 associates’s archives degrees 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

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Dakota Technical Institute landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Dakota Technical Institute is a small school located in Rapid City, South Dakota that handed out 2 associates’s archives degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Library & Archives Assisting at Western Dakota Tech

3

Northeast Community College
Norfolk, Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Archives Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Norfolk, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s archives 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

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Library & Archives Assisting

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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