by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Southeast region, there were 1,336 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,694 and $22,165 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. University of Southern Mississippi is a public institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Library & Information Science at Southern Miss
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory and Henry College landed the #2 spot on the list. Emory & Henry College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Emory, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Emory and Henry College Library & Information Science Report
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