2023 Best Value Library Science Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Library Science School for You

In 2020-2021, 104 degrees and certificates were awarded to library science students who went to a Maryland college or university. This makes it the #18 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Library Science Schools in Maryland ranking.

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 Science Colleges.

Best Library Science School

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, MD

104 Degrees

#2 in Quality in Maryland

$10,955 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland - College Park the best value school in Maryland for library science students. UMCP is a very large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMCP are $10,955 a year.

UMCP also made our Best Library Science Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #2.

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

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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 John Cummings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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