2023 Best Value Library & Information Science Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Library & Information Science School for You

In 2020-2021, 103 degrees and certificates were awarded to library and information science students who went to a Maryland college or university. This makes it the #57 most popular major in the state.

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.

The Best Value Library & Information Science Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Library & Information Science Colleges.

Best Library & Information Science School

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, MD

103 Degrees

#2 in Quality in Maryland

$10,955 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Maryland - College Park to be the best value school for library and information science students who want to pursue a degree in Maryland. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

UMCP undergraduate students pay an average of $10,955 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UMCP did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Library & Information Science Schools in Maryland list.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at University of Maryland - College Park

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Majors Related to Library Science

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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