Educational Assessment at University of Maryland Global Campus

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

UMGC is located in Adelphi, Maryland and approximately 58,526 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.

UMGC Educational Assessment Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Assessment

Online Classes Are Available at UMGC

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? UMGC offers distance education options for assessment at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UMGC 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 UMGC

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

UMGC Educational Assessment Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 assessment majors earned their master's degree from UMGC. Of these graduates, 30% were men and 70% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 21% men graduate in assessment each year. UMGC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

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 Maryland Global Campus with a master's in assessment.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Maryland Global Campus. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Learning Sciences	63

Related Majors

• Educational Administration
• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Instructional Media Design

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Global Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Social Scientists	2,090	$98,920
Education, Training, and Library Workers	1,760	$55,000
Education Professors	940	$75,470
Social Sciences Professors	300	$87,410

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 M Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.