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2023 Most Popular Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

5 Colleges
$52,992 Avg Salary
$22,165 Avg Student Debt

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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southwest 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.

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the most popular school in the Southwest Region for library science students working on their graduate certificate. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

About 96% of the students majoring in library science at the school are women while 4% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Texas is a great place for library science students working on their graduate certificate. UNT is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

About 90% of the students majoring in library science at the school are women while 10% are male.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 3 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

Of the 19 students majoring in library science at University of Arizona, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular library science schools in the Southwest Region . University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.

Of the 17 students majoring in library science at University of Oklahoma, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Northeastern State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular library science schools in the Southwest Region . NSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Tahlequah.

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Best Library Science Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 92
Texas 809
New Mexico 1
Oklahoma 110

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 averages are for the top 5 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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