2023 Best Value Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Library Science Graduate Certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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.
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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Library Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found LIU Post to be the best value school for library science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. LIU Post is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Brookville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at LIU Post are $23,044 a year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Woman’s University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value library science schools in the United States. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $15,048 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Library Science Graduate Certificate 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 graduate students at San Jose State are $18,790 per year.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Clarion University of Pennsylvania is a great value for library science students working on their graduate certificate. Clarion University is a small public school located in the town of Clarion.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clarion University are $13,862 per year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Texas helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value library science schools in the United States. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.
Read full report on Library Science at University of North Texas
With a ranking of #6, Emporia State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for library science students working on their graduate certificate. ESU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Emporia.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ESU are $18,353 a year.
Pratt Institute - Main landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate library science programs. Located in the city of Brooklyn, Pratt Institute is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pratt Institute are $36,396 per year.
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University of Iowa did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for library science students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a very large student population.
Iowa graduate students pay an average of $31,012 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Iowa also did well on our Best Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
St John’s University - New York landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate library science programs. Located in the city of Queens, STJ is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at STJ are $31,516 per year.
Simmons University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for library science students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, Simmons is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Simmons graduate students pay an average of $21,546 in tuition and fees each year.
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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 17 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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