by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” 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 “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library and information science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in library and information science.
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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 Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
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 Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s 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
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarion University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s 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.
Read more about Library & Information Science at Clarion University
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