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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 955 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 769 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in library & information science. 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.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree library and information science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Woman’s University is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 211 masters’s library and information science degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Read more about Library & Information Science at Texas Woman’s University
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #2 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library and information science degrees to 270 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%.
Full UNT Library & Information Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large public school situated in Commerce, Texas. It awarded 44 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Library & Information Science at Texas A&M University - Commerce
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #4 spot on the list. SHSU is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 50 masters’s 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%.
Read full report on Library & Information Science at SHSU
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 59 degrees to qualified masters’s library and information science students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.
Read full report on Library & Information Science at University of Oklahoma
University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 24 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Houston - Clear Lake Library & Information Science Report
Northeastern State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region list. NSU is a medium-sized public school situated in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. It awarded 24 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Library & Information Science at Northeastern State University
University of Arizona ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 87 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%.
Full University of Arizona Library & Information Science Report
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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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