Library & Information Science at Dominican University

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

Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and approximately 3,189 students attend the school each year.

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.

Dominican U Library & Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Library Science
• Doctorate Degree in Library Science

Dominican U Library & Information Science Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in library science, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Library Science Student Demographics at Dominican U

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

Dominican U Library & Information Science Master’s Program

Of the 62 library science students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Dominican U, about 13% were men and 87% were women.

Of the students who received a library science master's degree from Dominican U, 60% 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 32% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

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 IL, the home state for Dominican University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Librarians	6,040	$57,680
Library Science Professors	390	$69,760
Archivists	170	$63,200

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By HalloweenHJB under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.