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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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 Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for library science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Check out the library science graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Library & Information Science

#1

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI

4 Graduate Certificates

$25,651 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for library and information science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UWM are $25,651 per year.

Full Library & Information Science at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Report

#2

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

27 Graduate Certificates

$38,667 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Wayne State University is a great value for library and information science students working on their graduate certificate. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the city of Detroit.

Wayne State graduate students pay an average of $38,667 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Wayne State University

Best Library & Information Science Colleges by State

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Majors Related to Library Science

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

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Diliff.

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