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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Library & Information Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 6,077 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,022 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,902 and $128,547 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in library & information science. That schools that top this list have a program in library & information science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree library and information science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s library and information science degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Pitt Library & Information Science Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Read full report on Library & Information Science at University at Buffalo
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #2 spot on the list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 196 doctorate’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick Library & Information Science Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Maryland - College Park is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 105 doctorate’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Read full report on Library & Information Science at University of Maryland - College Park
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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%.
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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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