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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$22,700
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Florida” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Library & Information Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 6,077 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Florida, there were 129 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 129 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,663 and $45,470 respectively.
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.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Florida” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Florida”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school handed out 129 degrees to qualified masters’s library and information science students 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Library & Information Science at University of South Florida - Main Campus
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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%.
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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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