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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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Library & Information Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 5,696 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 76 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Illinois” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library and information science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in library and information science.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Illinois” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois library and information science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dominican University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Illinois list. This small school is located in River Forest, Illinois, and it awarded 66 ’s library and information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Dominican University Library & Information Science Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Chicago State University landed the #2 spot on the list. CSU is a small public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 5 ’s library and information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Library & Information Science at CSU
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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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