2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 5,950 people earned their degree in library and information science, making the major the 121st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, library and information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,949 and had an average of $27,472 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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 for an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major”.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science

1

College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls, Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Southern Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major. Located in Twin Falls, Idaho, this medium-sized public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified associates’s library science students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Library & Information Science at College of Southern Idaho

2

Chippewa Valley Technical College
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Top 15% overall quality in United States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chippewa Valley Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major list. This medium-sized school is located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and it awarded 10 associates’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Library & Information Science at CVTC

3

New Mexico State University - Dona Ana
Las Cruces, New Mexico

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the #3 spot on the list. NMSU Dona Ana is a medium-sized public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 1 associates’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Library & Information Science at New Mexico State University - Dona Ana

4

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is located in Perkinston, Mississippi and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s library science degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Library & Information Science at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

5

Mountwest Community and Technical College
Huntington, West Virginia

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Mountwest Community and Technical College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Huntington, West Virginia, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s library science students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Library & Information Science at MCTC

5

Palau Community College
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Palau Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major list. Koror, is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s library science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Palau Community College

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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