We are pleased to share news of our standing in the April 2006 release of U.S. News and World Report's rankings of graduate programs in Library and Information Science. The rankings are out of 50 schools with accredited master's programs in library and information studies. Our overall ranking is # 6 in the country. We also placed high in four sub-specialty areas, including our #1 ranking in the School Library Media area. In both cases we have maintained our standing since the last ranking in 1999.

Library Science - Overall

1. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign (tied with)
1. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
3. Syracuse University
4. University of Washington
5. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
6. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Library Science Specialties: School Library Media

1. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2. University of South Carolina–Columbia
3. University of Maryland

Library Science Specialties: Services for Children and Youth

1. Florida State University (tied with)
1. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
3. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Library Science Specialties: Digital Librarianship

1. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
2. Syracuse University
3. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
4. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
5. University of Washington
6. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (tied with)
6. Drexel University

Library Science Specialties: Information Systems

1. Syracuse University
2. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
3. University of Washington
4. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
5. Drexel University
6. University of Pittsburgh
7. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
8. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (tied with)
8. Indiana University