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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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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 the Far Western US region, there were 857 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,882 and $37,917 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library and information science. To top this list, a school must have a successful library and information science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree library science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. UW Seattle is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 122 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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