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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Library and Information Science for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Library & Information Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 5,696 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Massachusetts, there were 124 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent library and information science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the library and information science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. 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 Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Library and Information Science for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts doctor’s degree vets studying library and information science.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Simmons University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Library and Information Science for a Doctorate. Simmons is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Simmons also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking.Among the 6,263 students enrolled at Simmons University, 239 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 143 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,906. During this same period, 20 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Simmons University]](/colleges/simmons-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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