2
Ranked Colleges
$32,700
Avg Cost*
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 Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in Massachusetts” 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 Massachusetts, there were 12 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in Massachusetts” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in Massachusetts” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in Massachusetts”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cambridge College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in Massachusetts list. Cambridge College is a small school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 11 ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist at Cambridge College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Simmons University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Major in Massachusetts. Simmons is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Simmons School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Report
Switch to a Different Ranking Method
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
- *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
