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2023 Most Popular Colleges for Library Science in New Jersey

1 Ranked Colleges
194 Degrees Awarded
$32,000 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Library Science Major in New Jersey

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in New Jersey” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 6,538 people earned their degree in library science, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, library science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,990 and had an average of $24,604 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Jersey, there were 194 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,890 and $0 respectively.

To top this list, a school must have a successful library science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Library Science Major in New Jersey

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey library science students.

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Library Science Major in New Jersey list. Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 194 ’s library science degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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