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University of Southern California Master’s in Library Science

Library Science is a program of study at University of Southern California. 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.

If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:

• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Library Science from USC Cost?

USC Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at USC was $1,995 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$47,880	$47,880
Fees	$835	$835

Does USC Offer an Online Master’s in Library Science?

Online degrees for the USC library science master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the USC Online Learning page.

USC Master’s Student Diversity for Library Science

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 40 master’s degrees in library science handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in library science in 2019-2020, 85.0% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 83.4%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 50.0% of library science master’s degree recipients at USC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 21%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	13
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Master’s in Library Science Focus Areas at USC

Library Science students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Library & Information Science	40

References

*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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.