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2023 Most Popular Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate 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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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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 22 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the most popular school in the Southeast Region for educational assessment students working on their graduate certificate. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

Women make up 48% of the assessment majors at the school.

On average, assessment graduates from NC State take out $17,416 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a very large student population.

About 58% of the students majoring in assessment at the school are women while 42% are male.

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#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Kentucky helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular educational assessment schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 58% of the assessment majors at the school.

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#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular educational assessment schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in assessment at the school are women while 33% are male.

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#4

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means James Madison University is a great place for educational assessment students working on their graduate certificate. JMU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Harrisonburg.

Women make up 67% of the assessment majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #6, Georgia State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational assessment students working on their graduate certificate. Georgia State is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

Of the 4 students majoring in assessment at UNC Charlotte, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#8

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for educational assessment students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in assessment at UARK, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#8

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

With a ranking of #8, Georgia Southern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational assessment students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public college with a very large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in assessment at the school are women while 33% are male.

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#10

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

University of Memphis landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate educational assessment programs. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Educational Assessment Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 65
Tennessee 12
North Carolina 49
Georgia 41
Florida 16
Virginia 14
West Virginia 0
South Carolina 7
Arkansas 4
Louisiana 0
Mississippi 0
Alabama 26

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 22 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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