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2023 Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$25,660 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,992 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, library and information science was ranked #44 in the country. In fact 5,809 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for library science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Check out the library science graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Library & Information Science

#1

Simmons University

Boston, MA

Our analysis found Simmons University to be the best value school for library and information science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the large city of Boston, Simmons is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Simmons graduate students pay an average of $21,546 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Simmons University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. URI is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at URI are $29,774 a year.

Full Library & Information Science at University of Rhode Island Report

Best Library & Information Science Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 273
Connecticut 20
Rhode Island 46

One of 2 majors within the area of study, library and information science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Library Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Library & Archives Assisting 120

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Diliff.

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