Indiana University-Bloomington finished ninth in a ranking of best library and information studies programs by U.S. News that examined 51 campuses around the nation.

The Bloomington school’s peer assessment score was 4.0. The study ranked master’s degree programs using peer assessment questionnaires to rate programs’ academic quality on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being marginal and 5 being outstanding.

Deans, directors and senior faculty members provided the assessment information.

Schools with scores of less than 2.0 in the assessment are listed in alphabetical order at the bottom of the list. U.S. News calculated the numerical rank for these programs but did not publish the information for editorial reasons.

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Top College Library and Information Studies Programs

Rank	School	City	Peer Assessment Score
1	University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign	Champaign	4.7
2	University of Washington	Seattle	4.6
3	University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	4.5
4	Syracuse University	Syracuse, N.Y.	4.4
5 (tie)	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor	4.3
5 (tie)	University of Texas-Austin	Austin	4.3
7	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	New Brunswick	4.2
8	University of Maryland-College Park	College Park	4.1
9	Indiana University-Bloomington	Bloomington	4.0
10	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	3.8
11	Drexel University	Philadelphia	3.7
12 (tie)	Florida State University	Tallahassee	3.6
12 (tie)	Simmons College	Boston	3.6
14 (tie)	University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	3.4
14 (tie)	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison	3.4
14 (tie)	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Milwaukee	3.4
17	University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Knoxville	3.2
18	University of South Carolina	Columbia	3.1
19	Kent State University	Kent, Ohio	3.0
20 (tie)	University of Kentucky	Lexington	2.9
20 (tie)	University of North Texas	Denton	2.9
22 (tie)	University at Albany-SUNY	Albany, N.Y.	2.7
22 (tie)	University at Buffalo-SUNY	Buffalo, N.Y.	2.7
22 (tie)	University of Arizona	Tucson	2.7
22 (tie)	University of Missouri	Columbia	2.7
22 (tie)	University of North Carolina-Greensboro	Greensboro	2.7
22 (tie)	Wayne State University	Detroit	2.7
28 (tie)	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa	2.6
28 (tie)	University of Hawaii-Manoa	Honolulu	2.6
28 (tie)	University of Oklahoma	Norman	2.6
28 (tie)	University of South Florida	Tampa	2.6
32 (tie)	The Catholic University of America	Washington, D.C.	2.5
32 (tie)	University of Iowa	Iowa City	2.5
34 (tie)	Pratt Institute	New York	2.4
34 (tie)	San Jose State University	San Jose	2.4
34 (tie)	Texas Woman's University	Denton	2.4
37 (tie)	Dominican University	River Forest, Ill.	2.3
37 (tie)	Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	2.3
37 (tie)	North Carolina Central University	Durham	2.3
40 (tie)	CUNY-Queens College	Queens, N.Y.	2.1
40 (tie)	St. John's University	Queens, N.Y.	2.1
40 (tie)	University of Denver	Denver	2.1
43 (tie)	East Carolina University	Greenville, N.C.	2.0
43 (tie)	LIU Post	Brookville, N.Y.	2.0
43 (tie)	St. Catherine University	St. Paul, Minn.	2.0
Unpublished	Clarion University of Pennsylvania	Clarion	N/A
Unpublished	Emporia State University	Emporia, Kan.	N/A
Unpublished	University of Puerto Rico	San Juan	N/A
Unpublished	University of Rhode Island	Kingston	N/A
Unpublished	University of Southern Mississippi	Hattiesburg	N/A
Unpublished	Valdosta State University	Valdosta, Ga.	N/A

Source: U.S. News