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2023 Best Value Library & Information Science Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$34,155 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,202 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Library & Information Science 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Library & Information Science Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which 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 Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality in Library & Information Science

$11,173 Average Tuition & Fees

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Clarion University are $11,173 per year.

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#2

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA
$57,136 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Library & Information Science Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Drexel are $57,136 per year.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Drexel University

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 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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