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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 has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Connecticut” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Library & Information Science is the 121st most popular major in the country with 6,318 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. 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 Connecticut, there were 36 library & information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in library & information science.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The library 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 Science Major in Connecticut”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Schools Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Connecticut
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Connecticut”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Connecticut State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 36 ’s library science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 Southern Connecticut State University
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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