Best Graduate Library and Information Studies Programs in US 2018

Ranked in 2017 by US News

More US Graduate School Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

RankSchool nameScore
#1

University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign

(Champaign, IL)

4.7
#2

University of Washington

(Seattle, WA)

4.6
#3

University of North Carolina—​Chapel Hill

(Chapel Hill, NC)

4.5
#4

Syracuse University

(Syracuse, NY)

4.4
#5

University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

(Ann Arbor, MI)

4.3
#5

University of Texas—​Austin

(Austin, TX)

4.3
#7

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick

(New Brunswick, NJ)

4.2
#8

University of Maryland—​College Park

(College Park, MD)

4.1
#9

Indiana University—​Bloomington

(Bloomington, IN)

4.0
#10

University of Pittsburgh

(Pittsburgh, PA)

3.8
#11

Drexel University

(Philadelphia, PA)

3.7
#12

Florida State University

(Tallahassee, FL)

3.6
#12

Simmons College

(Boston, MA)

3.6
#14

University of California—​Los Angeles

(Los Angeles, CA)

3.4
#14

University of Wisconsin—​Madison

(Madison, WI)

3.4
#14

University of Wisconsin—​Milwaukee

(Milwaukee, WI)

3.4
#17

University of Tennessee—​Knoxville

(Knoxville, TN)

3.2
#18

University of South Carolina

(Columbia, SC)

3.1
#19

Kent State University

(Kent, OH)

3.0
#2

University of Kentucky

(Lexington, KY)

2.9
#2

University of North Texas

(Denton, TX)

2.9
#22

University at Albany—​SUNY

(Albany, NY)

2.7
#22

University at Buffalo—​SUNY

(Buffalo, NY)

2.7
#22

University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ)

2.7
#22

University of Missouri

(Columbia, MO)

2.7
#22

University of North Carolina—​Greensboro

(Greensboro, NC)

2.7
#22

Wayne State University

(Detroit, MI)

2.7
#28

University of Alabama

(Tuscaloosa, AL)

2.6
#28

University of Hawaii—​Manoa

(Honolulu, HI)

2.6
#28

University of Oklahoma

(Norman, OK)

2.6
#28

University of South Florida

(Tampa, FL)

2.6
#32

The Catholic University of America

(Washington, DC)

2.5
#32

University of Iowa

(Iowa City, IA)

2.5
#34

Pratt Institute

(New York, NY)

2.4
#34

San Jose State University

(San Jose, CA)

2.4
#34

Texas Woman's University

(Denton, TX)

2.4
#37

Dominican University

(River Forest, IL)

2.3
#37

Louisiana State University—​Baton Rouge

(Baton Rouge, LA)

2.3
#37

North Carolina Central University

(Durham, NC)

2.3
#4

CUNY—​Queens College

(Queens, NY)

2.1
#4

St. John's University

(Queens, NY)

2.1
#4

University of Denver

(Denver, CO)

2.1
#43

East Carolina University

(Greenville, NC)

2.0
#43

LIU Post (Palmer)

(Brookville, NY)

2.0
#43

St. Catherine University

(St. Paul, MN)

2.0
RNP

Clarion University of Pennsylvania

(Clarion, PA)

N/A
RNP

Emporia State University

(Emporia, KS)

N/A
RNP

University of Puerto Rico

(San Juan, PR)

N/A
RNP

University of Rhode Island

(Kingston, RI)

N/A
RNP

University of Southern Mississippi

(Hatsburg, MS)

N/A
RNP

Valdosta State University

(Valdosta, GA)

N/A

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