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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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Library and Information Science Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Library & Information Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 5,696 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across District of Columbia, there were 36 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular library and information science programs in the United States.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Library and Information Science Major in District of Columbia” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia library and information science students.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Well Attended Library and Information Science Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #1 spot on the list. Catholic University of America is a medium-sized school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 36 ’s library and information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Library & Information Science at CUA
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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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