Most Popular Schools for Library and Information Science Major & Degree Program

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.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	San Jose State University	571	6%	$29,193
2	University of North Texas	312	3%	$24,712
3	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	251	2%	$30,102
4	Kent State University at Kent	221	3%	$25,886
5	Texas Woman's University	216	6%	$20,272
6	Wayne State University	153	3%	$27,157
7	Simmons University	148	7%	$59,880
8	Emporia State University	147	10%	$20,088
9	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	130	1%	$27,638
10	Clarion University of Pennsylvania	129	9%	$27,975
11	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	114	3%	$21,297
12	University of South Carolina-Columbia	107	1%	$28,301
13	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	101	2%	$24,486
14	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	100	1%	$32,443
15	Dominican University	96	9%	$46,175
16	Indiana University-Bloomington	95	1%	$24,779
17	University of South Florida-Main Campus	86	1%	$23,320
18	Long Island University	84	2%	$56,283
19	Valdosta State University	84	3%	$21,320
20	University of Maryland-College Park	83	1%	$27,146
21	University of Wisconsin-Madison	79	1%	$26,025
22	Sam Houston State University	78	2%	$22,478
23	Drexel University	77	1%	$70,223
24	The University of Alabama	77	1%	$29,872
25	University of Southern Mississippi	76	2%	$24,048
26	University of Kentucky	76	1%	$30,101
27	East Carolina University	74	1%	$21,672
28	University of Arizona	73	1%	$29,217
29	CUNY Queens College	73	2%	$28,907
30	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	65	1%	$29,097
31	Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis	61	1%	$22,537
32	Pratt Institute-Main	61	4%	$67,742
33	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	59	1%	$30,360
34	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	57	1%	$31,510
35	St Catherine University	57	4%	$52,164
36	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	52	1%	$33,503
37	University at Buffalo	52	1%	$27,758
38	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	45	1%	$23,811
39	Syracuse University	41	1%	$70,636
40	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	40	1%	$29,357
41	North Carolina Central University	40	3%	$24,419
42	University of Iowa	40	1%	$24,239
43	University of Rhode Island	38	1%	$30,351
44	Texas A & M University-Commerce	35	1%	$22,983
45	University of Denver	32	1%	$67,656
46	Western Kentucky University	30	1%	$21,840
47	University of Central Missouri	29	1%	$19,953
48	Catholic University of America	28	2%	$64,560
49	Ashford University	27	0%	$13,230
50	Appalachian State University	25	1%	$19,194
51	St John's University-New York	22	1%	$61,408
52	University of Hawaii at Manoa	22	1%	$29,858
53	University of Maine at Augusta	21	4%	$9,188
54	University of Missouri-Columbia	20	0%	$26,766
55	University of Southern California	19	0%	$74,825
56	Northeastern State University	17	1%	$17,666
57	University of Houston-Clear Lake	15	1%	$23,276
58	New Mexico State University-Dona Ana	13	1%	$3,020
59	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	9	1%	$27,890
60	University of Northern Iowa	9	0%	$20,934
61	Southern Connecticut State University	8	0%	$26,810
62	Illinois State University	7	0%	$29,758
63	University of Nebraska at Omaha	5	0%	$22,300
64	Middle Tennessee State University	5	0%	$22,964
65	College of Southern Idaho	4	0%	$14,098
66	Fresno Pacific University	4	0%	$46,569
67	Chicago State University	1	0%	$24,587
68	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras	1	0%	$19,876
69	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce	1	0%	$16,918
70	University of Memphis	1	0%	$25,423
71	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Barranquitas	1	0%	$7,274
72	Northeast Mississippi Community College	1	0%	$11,636

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Library and Information Science program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.