Educational Assessment at University of Alabama at Birmingham

What traits are you looking for in a assessment school? To help you decide if University of Alabama at Birmingham is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's assessment program.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 22,563.

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.

UAB Educational Assessment Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Assessment

Online Classes Are Available at UAB

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UAB offers distance education options for assessment at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UAB Educational Assessment Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Assessment Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Educational Assessment Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 assessment majors earned their master's degree from UAB. Of these graduates, 4% were men and 96% were women.

Of the students who received a assessment master's degree from UAB, 61% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the assessment master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in assessment.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Educational Assessment

Educational Assessment majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Alabama at Birmingham. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Educational Assessment, Testing, & Measurement	23

Related Majors

• General Education
• Special Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Educational Administration
• Student Counseling

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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Education Professors	880	$72,430
Social Scientists	220	$84,890

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.