by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 5,950 people earned their degree in library and information science, making the major the 121st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, library and information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,949 and had an average of $27,472 in loans still to pay off.
Across Wisconsin, there were 298 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,431 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 284 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,134 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library and information science. To top this list, a school must have a successful library and information science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Library Science Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 194 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Library Science Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 90 masters’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
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