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2023 Most Popular Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

3 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States 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.

Check out the library science graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the most popular school in the Plains States Region for library science students working on their graduate certificate. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

About 83% of the students majoring in library science at the school are women while 17% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Emporia State University is a great place for library science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Emporia, ESU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 67% of the library science majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Central Missouri helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular library science schools in the Plains States Region . UCM is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Warrensburg.

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Best Library Science Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 168
Minnesota 40
Iowa 48
South Dakota 2
Missouri 105
Nebraska 14

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 3 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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