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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Library & Information Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 6,077 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,472 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,391 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 17 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 southeast region master’s degree library and information science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina Central University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library and information science degrees to 94 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Library & Information Science at North Carolina Central University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Valdosta State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Valdosta, Georgia, this fairly large public school awarded 121 diplomas to qualified masters’s library and information science students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.
Full VSU Library & Information Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 133 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
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 UNC Greensboro
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school awarded 87 diplomas to qualified masters’s library and information science students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Library & Information Science at Southern Miss
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 127 masters’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 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Library & Information Science at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
University of Kentucky landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 125 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UK Library & Information Science Report
With a ranking of #7, University of South Carolina - Columbia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. UofSC is a large school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 147 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Library & Information Science at University of South Carolina - Columbia
With a ranking of #8, East Carolina University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Greenville, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library and information science degrees to 66 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Library & Information Science at East Carolina University
With a ranking of #9, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school awarded 91 diplomas to qualified masters’s library and information science students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Library & Information Science at Louisiana State University
Old Dominion University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library and information science degrees to 49 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Library & Information Science at Old Dominion University
The University of Alabama ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, this large public school handed out 65 diplomas to qualified masters’s library and information science students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UA Library & Information Science Report
Trevecca Nazarene University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. TNU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 Trevecca Nazarene University
University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 129 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Library & Information Science at USF Tampa
With a ranking of #14, Western Kentucky University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s library and information science students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Library & Information Science at WKU
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 49 diplomas to qualified masters’s library and information science students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Read more about Library & Information Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Appalachian State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #16. Appalachian State is a large public school situated in Boone, North Carolina. It awarded 45 masters’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 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%.
Full Appalachian State Library & Information Science Report
With a ranking of #17, Middle Tennessee State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Middle Tennessee State University is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 25 masters’s library and information science degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 more about Library & Information Science at Middle Tennessee State University
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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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