Educational Assessment at Western Governors University

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

WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 147,866 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,189 students received a bachelor's degree in assessment from WGU.

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.

WGU Educational Assessment Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Assessment
• Master’s Degree in Assessment

Online Classes Are Available at WGU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

WGU Educational Assessment Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The assessment major at WGU 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
Most Popular Educational Assessment Schools	1
Most Popular Educational Assessment Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools	4
Most Focused Educational Assessment Schools	5
Best Educational Assessment Schools	13
Most Focused Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools	30

In 2021, 39 students received their master’s degree in assessment from WGU. This makes it the #4 most popular school for assessment master’s degree candidates in the country.

Assessment Student Demographics at WGU

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

WGU Educational Assessment Bachelor’s Program

Of the 1,189 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in assessment from WGU in 2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in assessment at WGU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	79
Hispanic or Latino	108
White	865
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	121

WGU Educational Assessment Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students earned a master's degree in assessment from WGU. About 74% of these graduates were women and the other 26% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 21% men graduate in assessment each year. WGU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a assessment master's degree from WGU, 72% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

WGU 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 Western Governors University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Learning Sciences	1,228

Related Majors

• Teaching English or French
• Educational Administration
• Special Education
• Teacher Education Subject 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 UT, the home state for Western Governors University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Education Professors	850	$92,070
Social Scientists	150	$67,320
Education, Training, and Library Workers	150	$51,990
Social Sciences Professors	90	$77,640

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.