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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,056 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,868 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree library science students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 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
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarion University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. Clarion University of Pennsylvania is a small public school situated in Clarion, Pennsylvania. It awarded 163 bachelors’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Clarion University Library & Information Science Report
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