by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Library & Information Science is the 121st most popular major in the country with 5,950 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 119 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer 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.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the #1 spot on the list. UMA is a small public school situated in Augusta, Maine. It awarded 25 bachelors’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Southern Mississippi is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 30 bachelors’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania landed the #3 spot on the list. Kutztown, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s library science degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Library & Information Science at Kutztown University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s library science students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 full report on Library & Information Science at University of Nebraska at Omaha
Southern Connecticut State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major list. Southern Connecticut State University is a public institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Bennington College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major ranking, coming in at #7. Bennington College is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 0 bachelors’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major ranking. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 122 bachelors’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Emory and Henry College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major ranking, coming in at #7. Emory & Henry College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Emory, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Emory and Henry College Library & Information Science Report
Clarion University of Pennsylvania came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major ranking. Located in Clarion, Pennsylvania, this small public school awarded 163 degrees to qualified bachelors’s library science students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Library & Information Science at Clarion University of Pennsylvania
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