Educational Assessment at Northwestern University

Every educational assessment school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the assessment program at Northwestern University stacks up to those at other schools.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in assessment from Northwestern.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Educational Assessment section at the bottom of this page.

Northwestern Educational Assessment Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Assessment

Northwestern Educational Assessment Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the assessment progam at Northwestern compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The assessment major at Northwestern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Educational Assessment. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Educational Assessment Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
	2
Best Educational Assessment Schools	4
	4
Most Popular Educational Assessment Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Value Educational Assessment Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Educational Assessment Schools	45
Most Focused Educational Assessment Schools	63
Best Value Educational Assessment Schools	81

Assessment Student Demographics at Northwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the assessment majors at Northwestern University.

Northwestern Educational Assessment Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 assessment students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Northwestern, about 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical assessment bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in assessment at Northwestern are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its assessment bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's in assessment.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Northwestern also has a doctoral program available in assessment. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Educational Assessment

If you plan to be a assessment major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northwestern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Learning Sciences	8

Related Majors

• General Education
• Other Education
• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Educational Administration

Careers That Assessment Grads May Go Into

A degree in assessment can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Education Professors	4,510	$62,280
Social Sciences Professors	1,250	$54,050
Social Scientists	650	$78,140
Education, Training, and Library Workers	450	$40,200

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.