by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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, 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 “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 science. To top this list, a school must have a successful library science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Most Well Attended Library Science Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s”.
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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. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a public institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 194 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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 Most Well Attended Library Science Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library science degrees to 90 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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