2024 Best Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region
6Colleges in the Southwest Region
1,022Library Science Degrees Awarded
$45,689Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a degree in library science, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #35 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,022 degrees in library science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of library science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for library science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 the Best Library Science Schools in the Southwest Region.
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Best Schools for Library Science in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of library science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of North Texas is a great choice for students interested in a degree in library science. UNT is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Denton. A Best Colleges rank of #280 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNT is a great university overall.
There were about 314 library science students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the library science program make around $46,171 in the first couple years of working.
Texas Woman's University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in library science. TWU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Denton. This university ranks 28th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 347 library science students who graduated with this degree at TWU in the most recent year we have data available. Those library science students who get their degree from Texas Woman's University make $3,161 more than the average library science grad.
Every student who is interested in library science has to check out University of Arizona. University of Arizona is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #133 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were roughly 92 library science students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, library science degree recipients typically earn around $39,115 in the first five years of their career.
Any student who is interested in library science needs to check out University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. University of Oklahoma is a very large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman. A Best Colleges rank of #140 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Oklahoma is a great university overall.
There were roughly 96 library science students who graduated with this degree at University of Oklahoma in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the library science program make around $38,327 in the first couple years of their career.
SHSU is a fairly large public university located in the town of Huntsville. This university ranks 27th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 66 library science students who graduated with this degree at SHSU in the most recent data year. Those library science students who get their degree from Sam Houston State University make $5,933 more than the typical library science graduate.
Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large public university located in the town of Commerce. This university ranks 53rd out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 54 library science students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M Commerce in the most recent year we have data available. Those library science students who get their degree from Texas A&M University - Commerce make $3,553 more than the typical library science student.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of library science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for library science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
