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Ranked Colleges
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 5,696 people earned their degree in library and information science, making the major the 134th most popular in the United States.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 269 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in library and information science. 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. 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 “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid.
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarion University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. Clarion University of Pennsylvania is located in Clarion, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 163 ’s library and information science degrees to qualified students.
Clarion University also made our “Best Library & Information Science Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $19,452 for pennsylvania library and information science students with aid per year to attend Clarion University.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s library and information science degrees to 54 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $35,963 for pennsylvania library and information science students with aid per year to attend Drexel University.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Library & Information Science at Drexel University
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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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