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.

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

WGU Educational Assessment 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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of assessment bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

About 71% 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	24
Black or African American	122
Hispanic or Latino	208
White	1,424
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	234

WGU Educational Assessment Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of assessment master's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

Of the students who received a assessment master's degree from WGU, 66% 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	6
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	103
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

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.