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Best Colleges in Library and Information Studies

By school types, there are 9 public schools and 3 private schools in the best Library and Information Studies colleges. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked first and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked second. The 2020 average tuition & fees of the best colleges in Library and Information Studies study is $21,782 for state residents and $41,612 for out-of-state students. The average acceptance rate is 57.75% and the average SAT score is 1,314.The average number of students is 37,245 and the average student to faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

Below statements summarize the average statistics of tuition, admission, and more academic factors for the best colleges in Library and Information Studies study.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees is $41,612 and Drexel University has the highest tuition & fees of $56,238 and Rutgers University-New Brunswick has the lowest tuition & fees of $31,785.
The average graduate tuition & fees is $33,395 and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor has the highest tuition & fees of $49,548 and Simmons University has the lowest tuition & fees of $21,698.
The average SAT score is 1,314 and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor has the highest SAT score of 1,430 and Simmons University has the lowest score of 1,155.
The average acceptance rate is 57.75% and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has the tightest (lowest) rate of 25% and Simmons University has the loosest (lowest) rate of 83%.
The average student population is 37,245 and University of Illinois at 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%.

2020 Best Colleges in Library and Information Studies Study Comparison Table

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 at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL Public, 4 years	$36,720	$30,083	1,330	63.00%	52,679	86%	20 to 1
2	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Public, 4 years	$36,159	$30,248	1,385	25.00%	30,092	91%	13 to 1
3	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA Public, 4 years	$39,114	$30,294	1,327	56.00%	48,149	82%	20 to 1
4	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY Private, 4 years	$55,088	$41,714	1,280	69.00%	21,322	83%	15 to 1
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Public, 4 years	$54,097	$49,548	1,430	26.00%	47,907	93%	11 to 1
6	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ Public, 4 years	$31,785	$32,132	1,295	67.00%	50,411	84%	16 to 1
7	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Public, 4 years	$40,032	$22,886	1,340	32.00%	50,476	88%	17 to 1
8	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN Public, 4 years	$37,600	$33,338	1,235	80.00%	43,064	80%	16 to 1
9	Simmons University Boston, MA Private, 4 years	$41,917	$21,698	1,155	83.00%	6,263	79%	9 to 1
10	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years	$56,238	$37,074	1,280	77.00%	23,589	71%	11 to 1
11	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD Public, 4 years	$36,891	$30,885	1,375	51.00%	40,709	87%	17 to 1
12	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA Public, 4 years	$33,706	$40,836	1,332	64.00%	32,277	84%	14 to 1
	Average	$41,612	$33,395	1,314	57.75%	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.