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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 119 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in library science.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Augusta. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major list. UMA is a small school located in Augusta, Maine that handed out 25 bachelors’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Miss is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 30 bachelors’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major. 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major list. University of Nebraska at Omaha is a fairly large public school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 14 bachelors’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
With a ranking of #6, Southern Connecticut State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major list. This medium-sized school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Library Science at Southern Connecticut State University
Bennington College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major list. Located in Bennington, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s library science students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
With a ranking of #7, Clarion University of Pennsylvania did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major list. Located in Clarion, Pennsylvania, this small public school awarded 163 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s library science students in 2020-2021.
Emory and Henry College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major ranking, coming in at #7. Emory and Henry College is a small school located in Emory, Virginia that handed out 0 bachelors’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Library Science at Emory and Henry College
University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major list. UW Seattle is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 128 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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