Key MLIS Program Highlights
1. We admit approximately 140 MLIS students per academic year and graduate approximately 135 MLIS students per year.
2. Our typical student has a cumulative GPA of 3.37, an average MAT score of 419, and an average GRE score of 308.
3. Our retention rate is just over 86%.
4. A Placement Survey of our December 2016 graduates offered the following results:
- A 37% response rate.
- 71.4% of respondents are employed full time and 80% found a job in one to two months
- 61.5% worked in their current job while in the program.
- Almost 54% of graduates received a promotion and/or a raise upon degree completion
- 38.5% make at least $41,000.
- A sample of job titles of graduates:
- access services librarian
- government documents librarian
- outreach librarian
- school librarian
Spring 2017 Program Assessment Results
MLIS students are assessed annually via an end‐of‐program Portfolio. Students must display proficiency in six competency areas (learning outcomes): information and its organization; provision of information services; leadership and management; research in the LIS field; technology in the LIS field; and lifelong learning and professional development. Results (as seen below) are used to guide faculty decisions on the curriculum and assessment process.
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Learning Outcome 1 Upon completion of the MLIS program, students will demonstrate competency in information
and its organization. |
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Reflective Essay
No School Library Portfolio learning outcomes align with this learning outcome. |
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Learning Outcome 2 Upon completion of the program, students will demonstrate competency in the provision of information services. |
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Reflective Essay
School Library Portfolio Results Learning Outcome III, School Library Collection and Resource Access and Management aligns most closely with this provision of information services learning outcome.
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Learning Outcome 3 Upon completion of the program, students will demonstrate competency in leadership and management in the LIS field. |
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Reflective Essay
School Library Portfolio Results Learning Outcome I, School Library Program Planning and Assessment aligns most closely with this leadership and management learning outcome. (N=22)
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Learning Outcome 4 Upon completion of the program, students will demonstrate competency in research in the LIS field. |
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Reflective Essay
No School Library Portfolio learning outcomes align with this learning outcome. |
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Learning Outcome 5 Upon completion of the program, students will demonstrate competency in technology in the LIS field. |
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Reflective Essay
No School Library Portfolio learning outcomes align with this learning outcome. |
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Learning Outcome 6 Upon completion of the program, students will demonstrate an understanding of the importance of lifelong learning and professional development within the LIS field. |
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School Library Portfolio Results Learning Outcome V, Professional Growth, Development, and Leadership aligns most closely with this lifelong learning and professional development outcome.
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