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2023 Most Popular Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Plains States 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.

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Dakota the most popular school in the Plains States Region for educational assessment students working on their graduate certificate. UND is a large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

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

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Out of the 14 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the # 2 spot on the list. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

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#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular educational assessment schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 7 students majoring in assessment at Iowa, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great place for educational assessment students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Missouri - Columbia 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 #6 on the list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Women make up 75% of the assessment majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #7, Iowa State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for educational assessment students working on their graduate certificate. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

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

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Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate educational assessment programs. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

About 50% of the students majoring in assessment at the school are women while 50% are male.

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Winona State University 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. Winona State is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Winona.

Of the 2 students majoring in assessment at Winona State, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#8

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate educational assessment programs. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

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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 14 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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