Library Science at University of South Florida - Main Campus

If you plan to study library science, take a look at what University of South Florida - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and approximately 50,626 students attend the school each year.

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

USF Tampa Library Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Library Science

Online Classes Are Available at USF Tampa

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USF Tampa offers distance education options for library science at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USF Tampa Library Science Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Library Science Student Demographics at USF Tampa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the library science majors at University of South Florida - Main Campus.

USF Tampa Library Science Master’s Program

The library science program at USF Tampa awarded 98 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 8% of these degrees went to men with the other 92% going to women.

Of the students who received a library science master's degree from USF Tampa, 73% were white. This is typical 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 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Florida - Main Campus with a master's in library science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	72
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Library Science

The following library science concentations are available at University of South Florida - Main Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Florida - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Library & Information Science	98

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Education
• Psychology

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 FL, the home state for University of South Florida - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Librarians	4,790	$57,340
Library Technicians	2,570	$34,910
Archivists	130	$46,370
Library Science Professors	50	$78,540

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.