2024 Best Library & Information Science Schools in Texas
4Colleges in Texas
802Library and Information Science Degrees Awarded
Library & Information Science is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #134 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of library & information science. Combined, these schools handed out 802 degrees in library & information science to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Library & Information Science School
The library and information science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Library & Information Science rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for library & information science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Library & Information Science Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Library & Information Science Schools in Texas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Library & Information Science in Texas
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the library and information science degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Texas Schools in Library and Information Science
314Library and Information Science Degrees Awarded
Every student pursuing a degree in library & information science has to look into University of North Texas. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #280 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNT is a great university overall.
There were roughly 314 library & information science students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year.
347Library and Information Science Degrees Awarded
Every student who is interested in library & information science has to check out Texas Woman's University. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 28th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 347 library & information science students who graduated with this degree at TWU in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in library & information science has to take a look at Sam Houston State University. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #565 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means SHSU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 66 library & information science students who graduated with this degree at SHSU in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Texas A&M University - Commerce if you want to pursue a degree in library & information science. Located in the distant town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 53rd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 54 library & information science students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M Commerce in the most recent year we have data available.
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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The library and information science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Library & Information Science rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for library & information science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
