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2023 Best Value Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$38,667 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,992 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Library Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, library science was ranked #34 in the country. In fact 6,538 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Library Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Library Science Graduate Certificate School

#1

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Wayne State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for library science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wayne State are $38,667 a year.

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Best Library Science Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 174
Michigan 172
Ohio 176
Illinois 91
Wisconsin 298

Library Science Majors to Study

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

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 values are for the top school 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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