by our College Data Analytics TeamLibrary Science is a program of study at Simmons University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in library science, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Simmons paid an average of $1,196 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $21,528 | $21,528 |
| Fees | $170 | $170 |
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. Simmons does offer online classes in its library science master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Simmons Online Learning page.
Women made up around 86.0% of the library science students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 83.4%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in library science at Simmons in 2019-2020, 11.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 21%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 9 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 226 |
| International Students | 7 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 17 |
Library Science students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Library & Information Science | 272 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.