Educational Assessment at University of the Southwest

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

USW is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and has a total student population of 904.

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.

USW Educational Assessment Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Assessment

Online Classes Are Available at USW

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

• Master’s Degree

USW 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 USW

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

USW Educational Assessment Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students graduated with a master's degree in assessment from USW. About 10% were men and 90% were women.

In the assessment master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of the Southwest. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Educational Assessment, Testing, & Measurement	10

Related Majors

• Educational Administration
• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Special Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• 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 NM, the home state for University of the Southwest.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Social Sciences Professors	350	$85,450
Education, Training, and Library Workers	330	$40,100
Social Scientists	170	$79,880
Education Professors	90	$67,260

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 Bildungsroman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.