MLIS Statistics
Statistics on recent MLIS students and alumni:
Retention Rate
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MLIS Residential Students |
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Residential students entering 2017 Graduated as of SUM ’19 Graduated as of SUM ’20 Total |
84% (58 of 69) 90% (62 of 69) 90% (62 of 69) |
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Residential students entering 2018 Graduated as of SUM ‘20 Continuing as of AUT ‘20 Total
Law Librarianship students entering 2018 |
91% (53 of 58) 4% (2 of 58) 95% (55 of 58)
100% (7 of 7) |
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Residential students entering 2019 Continuing as of AUT ‘20
Law Librarianship students entering 2019 |
97% (60 of 62)
100% (6 of 6) |
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MLIS Online Students |
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Online students entering 2016 Graduated as of SUM ’19 Graduated as of SUM ’20 Continuing as of AUT ‘20 Total |
72% (58 of 81) 84% (68 of 81) 2% (2 of 81) 86% (70 of 81) |
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Online students entering 2017 Graduated as of SUM ‘20 Continuing as of AUT ‘20 Total |
64% (51 of 80) 15% (12 of 80) 79% (63 of 80) |
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Online students entering 2018 Continuing as of AUT ‘20 |
86% (72 of 84) |
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Online students entering 2019 Continuing as of AUT ‘20 |
80% (60 of 75) |
Time to Degree
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Residential entering 2017 Residential entering 2018 |
84% graduated in 2 years or less 91% graduated in 2 years or less |
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Law Librarianship entering 2018 Law Librarianship entering 2019 |
100% graduated in 1 year 100% graduated in 1 year |
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Online entering 2016 Online entering 2017 |
72% graduated in 3 years or less 64% graduated in 3 years or less |
Employment Data
The majority of MLIS students graduate in June each year, and the employment survey remains open till December. Data reflects employment status anywhere from 1 to 6 months after graduation.
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MLIS students graduating:
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128 graduates were surveyed, 83 responded. 65 (78%) of 83 respondents report being employed. 52 (80%) of those 65 report being employed in a degree-related field. |
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MLIS students graduating:
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127 graduates were surveyed, 73 responded. 56 (77%) of 73 respondents report being employed. 49 (88%) of those 56 report being employed in a degree-related field. |
Distribution of Students self-reported by Race/Ethnicity
Data on student population is tabulated in October of each year.
|
Race / Ethnicity |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
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African American |
3.7% |
4.9% |
4.7% |
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American Indian |
1.5% |
1.7% |
2.1% |
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Asian American |
6.7% |
7.7% |
10.2% |
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Caucasian |
75.2% |
73.4% |
70.9% |
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Hispanic |
8.9% |
9.2% |
9.7% |
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Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander |
0.9% |
0.9% |
0.8% |
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International (unspecified) |
2.4% |
1.7% |
1.3% |
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Unknown |
0.6% |
0.6% |
0.3% |