by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 6,906 people earned their degree in library science, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In , library science graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $43,990 and had an average of $35,446 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 970 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,689 and $28,025 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,912 and $102,180 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in library science.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Southwest Region”.
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. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree library science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 117 doctorate’s library science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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