2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in Wisconsin

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Library & Information Science is the 124th most popular major in the country with 5,403 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, library and information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,496 and had an average of $36,654 in loans still to pay off.

Across Wisconsin, there were 218 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,050 and $38,801 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 207 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library and information science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great library and information science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the library and information science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,276 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library science degrees to 84 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,044 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 123 masters’s library science degrees to qualified students.

UWM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UWM are $25,295, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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