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2023 Best Value Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$14,134 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,992 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Library Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Library Science is the #32 most popular major in South Carolina with 121 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Our analysis found University of South Carolina - Columbia to be the best value school for library science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in South Carolina. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UofSC graduate students pay an average of $14,134 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UofSC is ranked #3 for overall quality for library science in South Carolina.

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Best Value Library Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Library Science Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 381
West Virginia 9
Florida 98
Virginia 51
Arkansas 26
Mississippi 120
Tennessee 140
Louisiana 102
Alabama 80
Kentucky 127
Georgia 120

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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