Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Find Schools Near

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$22,042 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,992 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, library and information science was ranked #118 in the country. In fact 5,950 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for library science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the best value school in the Southwest Region for library and information science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $15,048 per year.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Texas Woman’s University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT are $15,600 a year.

Full Library & Information Science at University of North Texas Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value library and information science schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.

University of Oklahoma graduate students pay an average of $23,876 in tuition and fees each year.

Read More…

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 per year.

Full Library & Information Science at University of Arizona Report

Best Library & Information Science Colleges by State

Explore the best library and information science colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 802
Arizona 92
Oklahoma 109
New Mexico 1

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

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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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.

Featured Schools

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.