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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 “Most Well Attended 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 5,696 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,004 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in library and information science. To top this list, a school must have a successful library and information science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region list. University of North Texas is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 314 ’s library and information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of North Texas Library & Information Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s library and information science degrees to 347 students in 2020-2021.
Full TWU Library & Information Science Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 96 ’s library and information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Library & Information Science at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 92 diplomas to qualified ’s library and information science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Arizona Library & Information Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 66 ’s library and information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Library & Information Science at Sam Houston State University
Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 54 diplomas to qualified ’s library and information science students in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M University - Commerce Library & Information Science Report
University of Houston - Clear Lake ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 21 ’s library and information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Library & Information Science at UH Clear Lake
Northeastern State University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified ’s library and information science students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full NSU Library & Information Science Report
New Mexico State University - Dona Ana did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Library and Information Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is a medium-sized school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 1 ’s library and information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Library & Information Science at NMSU Dona Ana
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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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