6,077Library and Information Science Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in library & information science, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #134 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for library & information science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 6,077 degrees in library & information science annually.
Choosing a Great Library & Information Science School
The library and information science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Library & Information Science rankings. For our Best Overall Library & Information Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Library & Information Science Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Library & Information Science Schools list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Best Schools for Library & Information Science in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of library and information science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
159Library and Information Science Degrees Awarded
University of Southern Mississippi is a great option for students interested in a degree in library & information science. Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were roughly 159 library & information science students who graduated with this degree at Southern Miss in the most recent data year.
The University of Arizona Global Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in library & information science. UAGC is a very large private for-profit university located in the city of San Diego. A Best Colleges rank of #393 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UAGC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 35 library & information science students who graduated with this degree at UAGC in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Nebraska at Omaha is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in library & information science. Located in the large city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #776 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNOMAHA is a great university overall.
There were about 22 library & information science students who graduated with this degree at UNOMAHA in the most recent data year.
University of Maine at Augusta is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in library & information science. UMA is a small public university located in the town of Augusta. This university ranks 17th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 28 library & information science students who graduated with this degree at UMA in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The library and information science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Library & Information Science rankings. For our Best Overall Library & Information Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
