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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$23,000
Avg Net Price*
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Library & Information Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 5,696 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New Jersey, there were 194 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library and information science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the library and information science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” 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 new jersey library and information science students with aid.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid list. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s library and information science degrees to 194 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new jersey library and information science students with aid list, Rutgers New Brunswick has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Library & Information Science Schools in New Jersey” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rutgers New Brunswick is $23,035 for new jersey library and information science students with aid.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Library & Information Science at Rutgers New Brunswick
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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