2023 Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Mississippi

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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 Mississippi, there were 120 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 Mississippi” ranking analyzed 2 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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Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Mississippi”.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Library & Information Science in Mississippi

1

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#5 overall quality in Mississippi

$39,480 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,080 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s library and information science degrees to 119 students in 2020-2021.

Full Southern Miss Library & Information Science Report

2

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

#13 overall quality in Mississippi

$27,307 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,910 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized school located in Perkinston, Mississippi that handed out 1 ’s library and information science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

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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

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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