2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in Wisconsin

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Wisconsin” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 6,538 people earned their degree in library science, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, library science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,990 and had an average of $24,604 in loans still to pay off.

Across Wisconsin, there were 298 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,431 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 284 library science graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,134 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Wisconsin” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in library science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their library science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The library science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Wisconsin”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Wisconsin

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Wisconsin”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Library Science in Wisconsin

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#13 overall quality in Wisconsin

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 194 degrees to qualified masters’s library science students in 2020-2021.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

#1 overall quality in Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Library Science Major in Wisconsin. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 90 diplomas to qualified masters’s library science students 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%.

Read more about Library Science at UW - Madison

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to John Cummings.