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

Best Value Library Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Library Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Degrees Awarded
New York	481
Pennsylvania	260
New Jersey	194
District of Columbia	36

Majors Related to Library Science

Library Science Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Library & Information Science	5,809
Other Library & Archives Assisting	120

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Education	199,724
Psychology	42,013
Social Sciences	22,292
Communication & Journalism	12,242
History	4,391

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.