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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Pennsylvania” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 6,077 people earned their degree in library & information science, making the major the 134th most popular in the United States.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 309 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,157 and $118,033 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their library & information science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Pennsylvania” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Pennsylvania”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a large public school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 4 doctorate’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 more about Library & Information Science at Pitt
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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