2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Texas

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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 Texas, there were 817 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,076 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 631 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in library science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their library science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Texas”.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in Texas

1

Texas Woman's University
Denton, Texas

#25 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library science degrees to 238 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Library Science at Texas Woman’s University

2

University of North Texas
Denton, Texas

#11 overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Texas list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library science degrees to 252 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Library Science at University of North Texas

3

Texas A&M University - Commerce
Commerce, 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 Texas list. Texas A&M University - Commerce is a fairly large public school situated in Commerce, Texas. It awarded 54 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas

#21 overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Texas list. Located in Huntsville, Texas, this large public school awarded 66 diplomas to qualified masters’s library science students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Library Science at Sam Houston State University

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University of Houston - Clear Lake
Houston, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 21 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

Full UH Clear Lake Library Science Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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