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Library & Information Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 6,077 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Illinois, there were 130 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in library & information science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in library & information science.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois library and information science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dominican University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Illinois list. This small school is located in River Forest, Illinois, and it awarded 115 ’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chicago State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Illinois list. CSU is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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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