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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$22,042 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,992 Avg Salary

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

Library & Information Science is the #44 most popular major in the country with 5,809 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for library science majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TWU are $15,048 a year.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Texas Woman’s University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Texas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value library and information science schools in the Southwest Region . UNT is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Library & Information Science at University of North Texas Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Norman.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 a year.

Full Library & Information Science at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great value for library and information science students working on their graduate certificate. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 per year.

Full Library & Information Science at University of Arizona Report

Best Library & Information Science Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 802
Arizona 92
Oklahoma 109

Library & Information Science is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Library & Archives Assisting 120

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 Diliff.

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