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2023 Best Value Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$16,322 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,992 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Library Science Graduate Certificate School for You

With 46 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, library science is the #32 most popular major in Rhode Island.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Check out the library science graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Library Science Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found University of Rhode Island to be the best value school for library science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Rhode Island. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

URI graduate students pay an average of $16,322 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

URI also took the #5 spot in our Best Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

Read full report on Library Science at University of Rhode Island

Best Value Library Science Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Maine 29
Massachusetts 273
Connecticut 22
Vermont 0

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 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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