2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in the New England Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Library Science is the 35th most popular major in the country with 6,906 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. 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 New England region, there were 421 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,275 and $31,098 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 351 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,593 and $42,781 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in library science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in library science.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree library science students.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in the New England Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #1 spot on the list. Simmons University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 281 masters’s library science degrees in 2021-2022.
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. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Library Science at Simmons
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school handed out 37 diplomas to qualified masters’s library science students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full URI Library Science Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Connecticut State University landed the #3 spot on the list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library science degrees to 33 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Library Science at SCSU
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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).
- 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%.
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- *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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