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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Massachusetts” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 6,077 people earned their degree in library & information science, making the major the 134th most popular in the United States.
Across Massachusetts, there were 167 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $82,580 and $115,590 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in library & information science.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The library and information science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Massachusetts”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Massachusetts”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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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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.
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