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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 6,077 people earned their degree in library & information science, making the major the 134th most popular in the United States.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 159 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 library and information science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s library and information science degrees to 93 students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 DU
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CU Anschutz is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 64 ’s library and information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
Full University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Library & Information Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Southern Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Library and Information Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. College of Southern Idaho is located in Twin Falls, Idaho and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 ’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%.
Full College of Southern Idaho 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%.
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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