a master's degree in library & information science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #38 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for library & information science students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 79 master's degrees in library & information science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to library & information science students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other library & information science students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for library & information science to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized library & information science related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for library & information science students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Library & Information Science Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Library & Information Science Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Library & Information Science in the Rocky Mountains Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in library & information science.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in Library Science
It is hard to beat University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in library & information science. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public university located in the city of Denver.
Those library & information science students who get their master's degree from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus make $6,745 more than the typical library science graduate.
Any student who is interested in a master's degree in library & information science needs to check out University of Denver. DU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Denver.
Students who graduate with their master's from the library science program report average early career wages of $42,492.
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).
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