2023 Best Value Library & Information Science Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Library & Information Science 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 Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to see which 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.
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2023 Best Value Library & Information Science Schools in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for library science majors pursuing a .
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Library & Information Science
Our 2023 rankings named Simmons University the best value school in the New England Region for library and information science students. Located in the city of Boston, Simmons is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Simmons undergraduate students pay an average of $43,062 in tuition and fees each year.
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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 Schools in the New England Region list. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at URI are $33,354 a year.
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 |
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Massachusetts | 273 |
Connecticut | 20 |
Rhode Island | 46 |
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Library & Information Science Related Majors for Library Science
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 |
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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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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