Library and Information Science

A program that focuses on the knowledge and skills required to develop, organize, store, retrieve, administer, and facilitate the use of local, remote, and networked collections of information in print, audiovisual, and electronic formats and that prepares individuals for professional service as librarians and information consultants.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 67 institutions across the United States, with a total of 17691 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

138

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

243

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

5,417

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

11,794

awards given

Top Schools for Library and Information Science

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	2,058
2	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX	975
3	University of North Texas Denton, TX	813
4	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS	684
5	Pennsylvania Western University California, PA	564
6	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	468
7	Emporia State University Emporia, KS	453
8	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	447
9	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	444
10	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	438
11	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	411
12	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	402
13	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	402
14	Simmons University Boston, MA	393
15	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	387
16	Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA	384
17	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	366
18	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	336
19	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	330
20	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	321
21	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	321
22	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	315
23	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	306
24	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	294
25	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	291
26	Dominican University River Forest, IL	282
27	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	276
28	University of Denver Denver, CO	264
29	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	255
30	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	252
31	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	219
32	North Carolina Central University Durham, NC	213
33	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	213
34	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	201
35	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	195
36	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	177
37	Long Island University Brookville, NY	174
38	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	171
39	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	153
40	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	144
41	St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN	141
42	Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX	132
43	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	123
44	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY	123
45	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	117
46	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	117
47	Texas A & M University-Commerce Commerce, TX	108
48	Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT	96
49	The Catholic University of America Washington, DC	90
50	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE	87
51	Ashford University San Diego, CA	84
52	Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY	84
53	University of Maine at Augusta Augusta, ME	81
54	University of Houston-Clear Lake Houston, TX	78
55	University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO	72
56	Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TN	69
57	Northeastern State University Tahlequah, OK	51
58	Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN	48
59	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	42
60	Chicago State University Chicago, IL	39
61	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA	33
62	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	30
63	Chippewa Valley Technical College Eau Claire, WI	21
64	College of Southern Idaho Twin Falls, ID	21
65	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	6
66	Illinois State University Normal, IL	3
67	Fresno Pacific University Fresno, CA	3