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2023 Best Value Educational Assessment Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$23,666 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$83,423 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Assessment School for You

Educational Assessment is the #11 most popular major in the country with 2,552 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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The Best Value Educational Assessment Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for assessment students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Educational Assessment Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Educational Assessment Colleges.

Top 10 Best Educational Assessment Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in the Plains States Region for educational assessment students. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Minnesota State Mankato are $18,200 a year.

Minnesota State Mankato excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Educational Assessment Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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#2

Morningside College

Sioux City, IA
$35,270 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Morningside College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Educational Assessment Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Sioux City, Morningside is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Morningside are $35,270 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Educational Assessment Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Dakota State University are $14,876 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, North Dakota State University is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Educational Assessment Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Winona State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Educational Assessment Schools in the Plains States Region list. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Winona.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Winona State are $16,684 a year.

Winona State also made our Best Educational Assessment Schools in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #3.

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#5

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND
$15,037 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of North Dakota is a great value for educational assessment students. UND is a large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.

UND undergraduate students pay an average of $15,037 in tuition and fees each year.

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$16,498 Average Tuition & Fees

Missouri State University - Springfield came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Assessment Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

Missouri State undergraduate students pay an average of $16,498 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Fontbonne University

Saint Louis, MO
$28,200 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, Fontbonne University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational assessment students. Fontbonne University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Fontbonne University undergraduate students pay an average of $28,200 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational assessment students. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a very large student population.

UNL undergraduate students pay an average of $26,720 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNL also is in the top 15% of our Best Educational Assessment Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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#10

Webster University

Saint Louis, MO
$28,700 Average Tuition & Fees

Webster University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Educational Assessment Schools in the Plains States Region list. Webster is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Webster undergraduate students pay an average of $28,700 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Educational Assessment Colleges by State

Explore the best educational assessment schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 73
Kansas 2
Minnesota 10
Iowa 25
North Dakota 29
Nebraska 35

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, educational assessment has other similar majors worth exploring.

Assessment Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Learning Sciences 1,541
Educational Statistics & Research Methods 295
Educational Evaluation & Research 293
Other Educational Assessment, Evaluation, & Research 286
Educational Assessment, Testing, & Measurement 129

Majors Similar to Assessment

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 18 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paul J. Phelps.

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