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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 408 people earned their degree in school librarian/school library media specialist, making the major the 717th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 124 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 98 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in school librarian/school library media specialist. That schools that top this list have a program in school librarian/school library media specialist in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region” 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 southeast region master’s degree school librarian/school library media specialist students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Longwood University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region list. Farmville, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to 39 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Milledgeville, Georgia, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Murray State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region. Murray, Kentucky is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to 26 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region list. Richmond, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to 16 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Alabama. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region. USA is a fairly large public school situated in Mobile, Alabama. It awarded 9 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #6, Columbus State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region list. CSU is a public institution located in Columbus, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Nova Southeastern University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in the Southeast Region list. NUS Florida is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It awarded 0 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *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.
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