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2023 Best Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2 Colleges
$52,992 Avg Salary
$22,165 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Library & Information Science is the #118 most popular major in the country with 5,950 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for library science majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Library & Information Science

#1

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Our analysis found Wayne State University to be the best school for library and information science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

Full Library & Information Science at Wayne State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Library & Information Science Colleges by State

Explore the best library and information science schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 169
Ohio 173
Illinois 76
Indiana 152
Wisconsin 298

Library & Information Science is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Library Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Library & Archives Assisting 467
Other Library & Archives Assisting 121

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
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