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2023 Most Popular Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Finding the Best Library Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, library science was ranked #23 in the country. In fact 5,929 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Library Science program at each school on the list.

Check out the library science graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

Our 2023 rankings named San Jose State University the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for library science students working on their graduate certificate. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

About 76% of the students majoring in library science at the school are women while 24% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Library Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular library science schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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Best Library Science Colleges by State

Explore the best library science schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 732
Washington 128
Hawaii 11

Library Science Majors to Study

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

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 averages are for the top 3 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 John Cummings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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