by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Southwest region, there were 1,004 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 796 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in library and information science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in library and information science.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The library and information science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region list. TWU is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 238 masters’s library and information science degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 252 masters’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 85%.
Read full report on Library & Information Science at University of North Texas
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #3 spot on the list. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library and information science degrees to 54 students in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M Commerce Library & Information Science Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Sam Houston State University is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 66 masters’s library and information science degrees to qualified students.
Full Sam Houston State University Library & Information Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 79 diplomas to qualified masters’s library and information science students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Library & Information Science at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
University of Houston - Clear Lake came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 21 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Library & Information Science at University of Houston - Clear Lake
Northeastern State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. NSU is a public institution located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 Northeastern State University Library & Information Science Report
With a ranking of #8, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 73 masters’s library and information science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Library & Information Science at University of Arizona
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