ALA-accredited distance MLS programs available in Virginia
| Program | Website | On campus requirement | Program accepts new students | distance programs offered besides Masters |
| Catholic University of America | http://slis.cua.edu/ | Classes offered in Northern Virginia and Richmond | Fall, Spring, Summer | |
| Catholic University of America | Online & Weekend learning programhttp://slis.cua.edu/owl/ | 4 to 5 Saturdays a semester | Cohort Fall 2011 | |
| Clarion University of Pennsylvania | http://www.clarion.edu/1095/ | no | Fall, Spring, Summer | Post graduate certificates |
| Drexel University | http://www.ischool.drexel.edu/ | no | Fall and Spring | Bachelor’s completion, post masters certificate |
| Florida State University | http://slis.fsu.edu/ | no | Fall, Spring, Summer | Specialist degree |
| North Carolina Central University | http://www.nccuslis.org/ | no | Prescribed course sequence | |
| Rutgers University | http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/ | 2 day orientation | Fall and Spring | |
| San Jose University | http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/ | no | Fall and Spring | |
| Southern Connecticut State University* | http://www.southernct.edu/ils/ | no | Fall, Spring, Summer | |
| Syracuse University | http://ischool.syr.edu/ | Week long orientation | Summer | DPS (limited residency), postgraduate certificates |
| Texas Women’s University | http://www.twu.edu/library-studies/ | optional | Fall, Spring, Summer | |
| University of Alabama | http://www.slis.ua.edu/ | 4 day orientation | Fall | |
| University of Arizona | http://sirls.arizona.edu/ | 7 day orientation | Winter or Summer | |
| University of Buffalo* | http://gse.buffalo.edu/ | no | Fall | |
| University of Maryland | http://ischool.umd.edu/ | no | Fall | |
| University of North Texas | http://www.lis.unt.edu/main/ | Institutes at JMU | Cohort, Fall 2012 | |
| University of South Carolina | http://www.libsci.sc.edu/ | yes, Waynesboro, VA | Spring, Summer, Fall | Certificate of graduate study |
| University of Southern Mississippi | http://www.usm.edu/slis/ | no | Fall, Spring, Summer | School library media endorsement, Graduate certificate |
| University of Tennessee | http://www.sis.utk.edu/ | 2 day orientation, thesis defense | Fall | |
| University of Washington | http://ischool.uw.edu/ | 4 day orientation | Fall | Graduate certificates |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | http://www.slis.wisc.edu/ | Orientation optional | Fall, Spring, Summer | Certificates of advanced study, Bachelors |
| Wayne State University | http://slis.wayne.edu/ | 1 day orientation | Summer, Fall | Graduate certificates |
*Program currently has conditional accreditation from ALA
Future students who are not adverse to occasional long distance commuting may want to check out University of North Carolina at Greensboro which offers some online classes and is only an hour away from the Virginia border. The University of Pittsburgh has a mostly online MLS but students are required to come to campus one weekend a semester.
Please see the ALA website for a complete list of ALA accredited Master’s programs http://www.ala.org/ala/educationcareers/education/accreditedprograms/index.cfm
Virginia Programs
Virginia residents who are full-time degree seeking students can get in-state tuition at other institutions in the Academic Common Market. Please see the website for a list of Academic Common Market Programs http://www.schev.edu/Students/AcademicCommonMkt.asp
Some colleges and Universities have discounted or in-state equivalent tuition rates for distance students
Catholic University, http://slis.cua.edu/msinls/distance.cfm
- Distance courses at sites in Northern Virginia and Richmond
- Not all courses available offsite
- Online & Weekend Learning Program
- http://slis.cua.edu/owl/
- Generalist and School Library Media tracks available
Florida State University, http://slis.fsu.edu/Graduate-Program/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Academic-Common-Market
University of North Texas, http://www.lis.unt.edu/main/ViewPage.php?cid=158 . Cohort every two years, current cohort started fall 2010
University of South Carolina: In state tuition, orientation session and on site meetings in Waynesboro, VA
University of Tennessee: http://www.sis.utk.edu/virginia