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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the New England Region” ranking.
Library & Information Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 6,077 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the New England region, there were 271 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 235 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,593 and $42,781 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 3 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 new england region master’s degree library and information science students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #1 spot on the list. Simmons University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 165 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the New England Region. University of Rhode Island is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 37 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, 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 85%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Connecticut State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the New England Region. Southern Connecticut State University is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 33 masters’s library and information science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Library & Information Science at Southern Connecticut State 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%.
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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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