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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Library and Information Science Major” ranking.
In 2021-2022, 6,077 people earned their degree in library & information science, making the major the 134th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,431 and $15,731 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in library & information science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in library & information science.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Southern Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Twin Falls, Idaho, and it awarded 2 associates’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Library & Information Science at College of Southern Idaho
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chippewa Valley Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major list. Eau Claire, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s library and information science degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Library & Information Science at CVTC
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major. New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full New Mexico State University - Dona Ana Library & Information Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major list. Located in Perkinston, Mississippi, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s library and information science students in 2021-2022.
Full Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Library & Information Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mountwest Community and Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major list. Huntington, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s library and information science degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
Full Mountwest Community and Technical College Library & Information Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Palau Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major list. PCC is a small school located in Koror, Palau that handed out 0 associates’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Library & Information Science at Palau Community College
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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