On average, 89% of students entering the MS (LIS) degree program between AY 2014 and AY 2021 continued their programs of study after their first year at SLIS.
School of Library & Information Science and Children's Literature
Starting Cohort
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
1st Year Enrollment
13
19
9
11
11
12
13
21
Year Two Enrollment
10
15
8
7
10
9
10
17
First to Second Year Retention
77%
79%
89%
64%
91%
75%
77%
81%
School of Library & Information Science and History
Starting Cohort
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
1st Year Enrollment
39
41
25
34
33
30
31
32
Year Two Enrollment
32
34
23
29
27
29
28
29
First to Second Year Retention
82%
83%
92%
85%
82%
97%
90%
91%
Data source: Graduate retention data, AY 2014 - AY 2022
School of Library & Information Science
Starting Cohort:
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
1st Year Enrollment
286
276
307
285
266
260
287
Two Year Graduation Headcount
101
104
124
96
98
88
101
Two Year Graduation Rate
35%
38%
40%
34%
37%
34%
35%
School of Library & Information Science and Children's Literature
Starting Cohort:
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
1st Year Enrollment
13
19
9
11
11
12
13
Two Year Graduation Headcount
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Two Year Graduation Rate
8%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
School of Library & Information Science and History
Starting Cohort:
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
39
41
25
34
33
30
31
Two Year Graduation Headcount
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Two Year Graduation Rate
3%
0%
0%
3%
0%
0%
0%
Data source: Graduate retention data, AY 2014 - AY 2022
School of Library & Information Science
Starting Cohort
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
1st Year Enrollment
286
276
307
285
266
260
Three Year Graduation Headcount
229
219
234
210
191
194
Three Year Graduation Rate
80%
79%
76%
74%
72%
75%
School of Library & Information Science and Children's Literature
Starting Cohort
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
1st Year Enrollment
13
19
9
11
11
12
Three Year Graduation Headcount
3
9
7
4
6
3
Three Year Graduation Rate
23%
47%
78%
36%
55%
25%
School of Library & Information Science and History
Starting Cohort
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
1st Year Enrollment
39
41
25
34
33
30
Three Year Graduation Headcount
16
10
14
10
12
10
Three Year Graduation Rate
41%
24%
56%
29%
36%
33%
Data source: Graduate retention data, AY 2014 - AY 2022
School of Library & Information Science
Starting Cohort
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
1st Year Enrollment
286
276
307
285
266
Four Year Graduation Headcount
247
238
263
235
215
Four Year Graduation Rate
86%
86%
86%
82%
81%
School of Library & Information Science and Children's Literature
Starting Cohort
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
1st Year Enrollment
13
19
9
11
11
Four Year Graduation Headcount
6
10
8
7
8
Four Year Graduation Rate
46%
53%
89%
64%
73%
School of Library & Information Science and History
Starting Cohort
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
1st Year Enrollment
39
41
25
34
33
Four Year Graduation Headcount
18
15
15
14
14
Four Year Graduation Rate
46%
37%
60%
41%
42%
Data source: Graduate retention data, AY 2014 - AY 2022
Time to Degree
Average Time to Degree (among graduated students who started the MS (LIS) program between AY 2014 and AY 2021):
Time to Degree (number of years in which students complete the MS (LIS) degree program)
Average Percentages of Students (average percentage of the number of students entering the MS (LIS) degree program between AY 2013 and AY 2020)
Two Years
36%
Three Years
76%
Four Years
84%
[1] Student Retention:
SLIS measures student retention in terms of the percentage of students entering the MS (LIS) program annually (i.e., annual cohorts of students beginning the MS (LIS) degree in each academic year) who continue — and complete — their program of study at SLIS in subsequent academic years.
[2] Time to Degree
The majority of SLIS students who enroll in the MS (LIS) program as full-time or part-time can complete the requirements of the MS (LIS) degree within six semesters or three calendar years.
