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2023 Most Popular Educational Assessment Schools

150 Colleges
$55,573 Avg Salary
$34,777 Avg Student Debt

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.

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Educational Assessment Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 150 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Educational Assessment program at each school on the list.

Check out the assessment programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

#1

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found Western Governors University to be the most popular school for educational assessment students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. WGU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Salt Lake City.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Educational Assessment Schools list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

The average amount in student loans that assessment majors at University of Arizona take out is $24,497. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $461.

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Out of the 150 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the # 3 spot on the list. UC Santa Cruz is a large public school located in the city of Santa Cruz.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Maryland Global Campus is a great place for educational assessment students. UMGC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Adelphi.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Teachers College at Columbia University is a great place for educational assessment students. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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A T Still University of Health Sciences came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Assessment Schools ranking. A T Still University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Kirksville.

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#6

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Assessment Schools list. UK is a very large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

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North Carolina State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Assessment Schools list. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Assessment Schools list. UNL is a very large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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#11

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #11, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational assessment students. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #12, University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational assessment students. UIC is a very large public school located in the city of Chicago.

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With a ranking of #13, National University College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational assessment students. Located in the medium-sized city of Bayamon, National University College is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for educational assessment students. It came in at #14 on the list. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Alabama at Birmingham did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for educational assessment students. It came in at #15 on the list. UAB is a very large public school located in the city of Birmingham.

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#16

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

With a ranking of #16, University of Georgia did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational assessment students. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.

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University of Southern California came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Assessment Schools ranking. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular educational assessment programs. SWOSU is a small public school located in the remote town of Weatherford.

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#19

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa ranked #19 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Assessment Schools list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

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#19

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for educational assessment students. It came in at #19 on the list. DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

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University of California - Irvine landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular educational assessment programs. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.

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#22

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

University of North Dakota did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for educational assessment students. It came in at #22 on the list. Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public school with a large student population.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at University of North Dakota

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Educational Assessment Schools award.

Rank College Location
23 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA
24 Stanford University Stanford, CA
25 University of Maryland - College Park College Park, MD
25 Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX
25 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
25 Campbellsville University Campbellsville, KY
29 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
29 Montclair State University Montclair, NJ

Educational Assessment by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Educational Assessment is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Assessment Concentrations

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 28 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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