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2023 Most Popular Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Library Science Graduate Certificate 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Library Science program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for library science majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Simmons University

Boston, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Simmons University the most popular school in the New England Region for library science students working on their graduate certificate. Simmons is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Women make up 95% of the library science majors at the school.

Full Library Science at Simmons University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a large student population.

Full Library Science at University of Rhode Island Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. SCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

Read full report on Library Science at Southern Connecticut State University

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Massachusetts - Boston helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular library science schools in the New England Region . Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Library Science at University of Massachusetts - Boston Report

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 averages are for the top 4 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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