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2023 Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$27,280 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,992 Avg Salary

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

Library & Information Science is the #114 most popular major in New York with 454 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New York 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

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

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Library & Information Science

#1

LIU Post

Brookville, NY

Our analysis found LIU Post to be the best value school for library and information science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New York. LIU Post is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Brookville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at LIU Post are $23,044 per year.

Full Library & Information Science at LIU Post Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at St John’s University - New York helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value library and information science schools in New York. Located in the city of Queens, STJ is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

STJ graduate students pay an average of $31,516 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at St John’s University - New York

Best Value Library & Information Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Library & Information Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 269
Maryland 103
New Jersey 194
District of Columbia 36

One of 2 majors within the area of study, library and information science has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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