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Best Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

4 Colleges
$52,992 Avg Salary
$22,165 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Library Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Library Science is the #34 most popular major in the country with 6,538 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 Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the library science graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Library Science

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the best school in the Southwest Region for library science students working on their graduate certificate. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denton.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a very large public school located in the city of Denton.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best library science schools in the Southwest Region . University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Norman.

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Best Library Science Colleges by State

Explore the best library science schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 92
Texas 809
New Mexico 1
Oklahoma 110

Library Science Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Library & Information Science 5,950
Library & Archives Assisting 467
Other Library & Archives Assisting 121

Majors Similar to Library Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 John Cummings.

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