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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 6,318 people earned their degree in library & information science, making the major the 121st most popular in the United States. In , library & information science graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $43,949 and had an average of $35,367 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 392 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,275 and $31,098 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,470 and $116,265 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their library & information science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the New England Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Simmons University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the New England Region list. Simmons University is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 2 doctorate’s library science degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%. 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.
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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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