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2023 Most Popular Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

4 Colleges
$52,992 Avg Salary
$22,165 Avg Student Debt

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 Most Popular Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Library & Information Science program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Simmons University

Boston, MA

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

About 95% of the students majoring in library science at the school are women while 5% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Rhode Island is a great place for library and information science students working on their graduate certificate. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Library & Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, SCSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Full Library & Information Science at Southern Connecticut State University Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Massachusetts - Boston helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular library and information science schools in the New England Region . UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Boston.

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Best Library & Information Science Colleges by State

Explore the best library and information science schools 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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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