2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Iowa

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Iowa” 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.

Across Iowa, there were 48 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,367 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,865 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Iowa” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa master’s degree library science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in Iowa

1

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

#4 overall quality in Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Iowa list. University of Northern Iowa is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 15 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 Northern Iowa

2

University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

#2 overall quality in Iowa

$44,367 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified masters’s library science students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Iowa Library & Information Science Report

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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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