2023 Best Library Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota
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Ranked Colleges
33
Degrees Awarded
$41,670
Avg Salary
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota, there were 41 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,670 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great library science programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the library science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Library Science for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Library Science for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Library Science for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Library Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Library Science for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, St Catherine University landed the #1 spot on the list. St Catherine University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 33 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Kate’s, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library Science Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking.Among the 4,277 students enrolled at St. Kate’s, 55 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 26 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,157. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at St. Kate’s]](/colleges/st-catherine-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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