2023 Best Library Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Rhode Island
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Ranked Colleges
45
Degrees Awarded
$42,571
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Library Science for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Library Science is the 35th most popular major in the country with 6,538 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Rhode Island, there were 46 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,571 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent library science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the library science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Library Science for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Library Science for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Library Science for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Library Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Rhode Island
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Library Science for a Master’s list. URI is a fairly large public school situated in Kingston, Rhode Island. It awarded 45 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at URI, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 381 of the 17,649 students enrolled at URI were GI Bill® students, of which 187 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,022. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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