by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 6,538 people earned their degree in library science, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. 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 “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in library science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular library science programs in the United States.
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The library science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. 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 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 Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate list. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a medium-sized school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 7 associates’s library science degrees 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 Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate. This small school is located in Rapid City, South Dakota, and it awarded 2 associates’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Library Science Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Norfolk, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s library science degrees to 0 students 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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