2022 Best Colleges in Library and Information Studies Study
By school types, there are 9 public schools and 3 private schools in the best Library and Information Studies colleges. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ranked first and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked second. The 2022 average tuition & fees of the best colleges in Library and Information Studies study is $21,775 for state residents and $42,258 for out-of-state students. The average acceptance rate is 56.67% and the average SAT score is 1,339.The average number of students is 37,245 and the average student to faculty ratio is 15 to 1.
- The average undergraduate tuition & fees is $42,258 and Syracuse University has the highest tuition & fees of $57,591 and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the lowest tuition & fees of $32,892.
- The average graduate tuition & fees is $34,330 and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor has the highest tuition & fees of $50,464 and Simmons University has the lowest tuition & fees of $21,546.
- The average SAT score is 1,339 and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor has the highest SAT score of 1,430 and Simmons University has the lowest score of 1,250.
- The average acceptance rate is 56.67% and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has the tightest (lowest) rate of 20% and Indiana University-Bloomington has the loosest (lowest) rate of 85%.
- The average student population is 37,245 and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the most students of 52,679 and Simmons University has the fewest students of 6,263.
- The average graduation rate is 84.00% and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor has the highest rate of 93% and Drexel University has the lowest rate of 71%.
2022 Best Colleges in Library and Information Studies Study
The following table lists the best colleges in Library and Information Studies programs. The "-" value in other columns means that the corresponding data has not been reported or the school does not have programs for the values.
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| Rank | College Name | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Graduate Tuition & Fees | SAT Score | Acceptance Rate | Population | Graduation Rate | Student to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL Public, 4 years | $32,892 | $30,862 | 1,415 | 60.0% | 52,679 | 86% | 20 to 1 |
| 2 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Public, 4 years | $36,891 | $30,858 | 1,260 | 20.0% | 30,092 | 91% | 13 to 1 |
| 3 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA Public, 4 years | $39,906 | $30,912 | 1,327 | 53.0% | 48,149 | 82% | 20 to 1 |
| 4 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY Private, 4 years | $57,591 | $42,954 | 1,310 | 59.0% | 21,322 | 83% | 15 to 1 |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Public, 4 years | $53,232 | $50,464 | 1,430 | 20.0% | 47,907 | 93% | 11 to 1 |
| 6 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ Public, 4 years | $33,005 | $33,215 | 1,355 | 68.0% | 50,411 | 84% | 16 to 1 |
| 7 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Public, 4 years | $40,996 | $22,944 | 1,365 | 29.0% | 50,476 | 88% | 17 to 1 |
| 8 | Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN Public, 4 years | $38,352 | $33,352 | 1,270 | 85.0% | 43,064 | 80% | 16 to 1 |
| 9 | Simmons University Boston, MA Private, 4 years | $43,062 | $21,546 | 1,250 | 84.0% | 6,263 | 79% | 9 to 1 |
| 10 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years | $57,136 | $37,074 | 1,310 | 83.0% | 23,589 | 71% | 11 to 1 |
| 11 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD Public, 4 years | $38,636 | $35,755 | 1,420 | 52.0% | 40,709 | 87% | 17 to 1 |
| 12 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA Public, 4 years | $35,394 | $42,024 | 1,360 | 67.0% | 32,277 | 84% | 14 to 1 |
| Average | $42,258 | $34,330 | 1,339 | 56.7% | 37,245 | 84% | 15 to 1 |
What is Library and Information Studies Program?
Library and information science (LIS) is a merging of the two fields library science and information science. The phrase "library and information science" is associated with schools of library and information science (abbreviated to "SLIS"), which generally developed from professional training programs (not academic disciplines) to university institutions during the second half of the 20th century. In the last part of 1960s schools of librarianship began to add the term "information science" to their names. The first school to do this was at the University of Pittsburgh in 1964. More schools followed during the 1970s and 1980s, and by the 1990s almost all library schools in the USA had added information science to their names. The trend was more for the adoption of information technology rather than the concept of a science.