by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that 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.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,022 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,689 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 796 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree 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.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree library science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Southwest Region list. TWU is a fairly large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 238 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Southwest Region. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 252 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Library Science at University of North Texas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 54 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Library Science at Texas A&M University - Commerce
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 66 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Library Science at Sam Houston State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Southwest Region. University of Oklahoma is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 79 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Library Science Report
University of Houston - Clear Lake ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 21 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Northeastern State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Northeastern State University is a medium-sized school located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma that handed out 13 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Read full report on Library Science at Northeastern State University
University of Arizona landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 73 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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