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2023 Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$43,062 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,275 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Library Science School for You

Library Science is the #34 most popular major in the country with 6,538 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

Best Library Science School

#1

Simmons University

Boston, MA
$43,062 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Simmons University the best value school in the New England Region for library science students. Simmons is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Simmons undergraduate students pay an average of $43,062 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Library Science Colleges by State

Explore the best library science colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Maine 29
Rhode Island 46
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

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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