2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Library & Information Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 5,696 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 845 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in library and information science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their library and information science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in the Great Lakes Region

1

Dominican University
River Forest, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dominican University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Dominican University is located in River Forest, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s library and information 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Dominican University

2

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana

#10 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. Indiana University - Bloomington is a public institution located in Bloomington, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Library & Information Science at Indiana University - Bloomington

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University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

#6 overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #3 spot on the list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s library and information science degrees to 90 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UW - Madison Library & Information Science Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science

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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