Educational Assessment at University of Illinois at Chicago

If you plan to study educational assessment, take a look at what University of Illinois at Chicago has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year.

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.

UIC Educational Assessment Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Assessment
• Doctorate Degree in Assessment

UIC Educational Assessment Rankings

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There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in assessment, making the school the #38 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Assessment Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Educational Assessment Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of assessment master's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 21% men graduate in assessment each year. UIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

In the assessment master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 University of Illinois at Chicago. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Educational Assessment, Evaluation, & Research	29
Learning Sciences	1

Related Majors

• Other Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Educational Administration
• Special Education
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

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 University of Illinois at Chicago.

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 Hied5 under License

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