You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in library & information science. It is ranked #282 out of 363 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
There was only one school in the Far Western US Region to review for the 2025 Best Library & Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in the United States ranking..
The library science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Library & Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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The University of Arizona Global Campus is a great choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in library & information science. UAGC is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the city of San Diego.
After graduation, library science bachelor's recipients usually earn an average of $29,163 in their early careers.
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).
