2023 Best Value Library Science Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Library Science School for You
In 2020-2021, 6,538 people earned a degree or certificate in library science, making the major the #34 most popular in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
The Best Value Library Science Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 51 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value 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.
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2023 Best Value Library Science Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for library science majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Best Library Science Schools
The excellent programs at Ivy Tech Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best library science schools in the United States. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,927 in tuition and fees each year. Library Science majors at Ivy Tech Community College take out an average of $16,000 in student loans while working on their egree.
Ivy Tech Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Library Science Schools list.
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The excellent programs at Sam Houston State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best library science schools in the United States. SHSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.
SHSU undergraduate students pay an average of $18,752 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 51 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CU Anschutz are $26,376 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Library Science Schools list. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Jose.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Jose State are $19,732 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, San Jose State also did well on our Best Library Science Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
With a ranking of #6, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on this year’s best value schools for library science students. Located in the town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public school with a large student population.
Texas A&M Commerce undergraduate students pay an average of $22,266 in tuition and fees each year.
Read full report on Library Science at Texas A&M University - Commerce
Texas Woman’s University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value library science programs. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TWU are $18,186 per year.
LIU Post came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Library Science Schools ranking. LIU Post is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Brookville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LIU Post are $39,290 a year.
With a ranking of #9, Clarion University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best value schools for library science students. Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Clarion University are $16,052 a year.
Northeastern State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Library Science Schools ranking. Located in the town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
NSU undergraduate students pay an average of $15,755 in tuition and fees each year.
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Library Science by Region
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Library Science Related Majors for Library Science
Library Science Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Library & Information Science | 5,950 |
| Library & Archives Assisting | 467 |
| Other Library & Archives Assisting | 121 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 25 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 John Cummings.
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