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2023 Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$12,179 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,992 Avg Salary

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

With 269 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, library and information science is the #112 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

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.

The Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found Clarion University of Pennsylvania to be the best value school for library and information science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Pennsylvania. Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Clarion University are $12,179 a year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 454
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 values are for the top school 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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