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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in Georgia for a Master’s” ranking.
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 Georgia, there were 120 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,567 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 120 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,186 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in Georgia for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in library science. To top this list, a school must have a successful library science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in Georgia for a Master’s” 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 georgia master’s degree library science students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Library Science Major in Georgia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Valdosta State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Valdosta, Georgia, and it awarded 120 masters’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 Georgia College & State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Library Science Major in Georgia for a Master’s. This medium-sized school is located in Milledgeville, Georgia, and it awarded 0 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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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