2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 87 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,237 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 79 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library and information science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their library and information science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

#4 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

$42,492 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 45 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Library & Information Science at DU

2

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, Colorado

#18 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

$55,981 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Library & Information Science Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science

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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