by our College Data Analytics Team
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 an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Library Science is the 35th most popular major in the country with 6,538 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, library science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,990 and had an average of $24,604 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 384 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,760 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 9 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library science. That schools that top this list have a program in library science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree library science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s library science degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Dakota Technical Institute. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s library science students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Northeast Community College is a public institution located in Norfolk, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
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