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Library & Information Science at Syracuse University

If you are interested in studying library and information science, you may want to check out the program at Syracuse University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and approximately 21,322 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 119 students received their master's degree in library science.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Library & Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

Syracuse Library & Information Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Library Science

Syracuse Library & Information Science Rankings

Library Science Student Demographics at Syracuse

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the library science majors at Syracuse University.

Syracuse Library & Information Science Master’s Program

82% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The library science program at Syracuse awarded 119 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in library science each year. Syracuse does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a library science master's degree from Syracuse, 70% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the library science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Syracuse University with a master's in library science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 10
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 83
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Careers That Library Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in library science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Syracuse University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Librarians 12,690 $68,520
Archivists 1,170 $56,270
Library Science Professors 450 $84,610

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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