U.S. News and World Report provides a report or rankings for graduate programs in Library and Information Science/Studies. The rankings involve 50 schools with accredited master's programs in Library and Information Science/Studies. SC&I’s Library and Information Science master’s degree has an overall ranking of #6 and a ranking of #1 in the School Library Media area among universities in North America. The program also placed high in three other sub-specialty areas. Rutgers is routinely ranked in the top ten in the various specialties within library and information science. Here is a summary of the 2009 rankings:

Library & Information Science/Studies - 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 & Information Science/Studies Specialties:
School Library Media

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

Library & Information Science/Studies Specialties: Services for Children and Youth

1. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
2. University of Washington
3. Florida State University
4. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Library & Information Science/Studies Specialties: Digital Librarianship

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

Library & Information Science/Studies Specialties: Information Systems

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