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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 for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 5,696 people earned their degree in library and information science, making the major the 134th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,036 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in library and information science. That schools that top this list have a program in library and information science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree library and information science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s library and information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 47 doctorate’s library and information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 194 doctorate’s library and information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 103 doctorate’s library and information science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Maryland - College Park Library & Information Science Report
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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%.
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- *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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