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2023 Most Popular Educational Assessment Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Educational Assessment Master's Degree 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Educational Assessment Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 76 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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 Master's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found University of California - Santa Cruz to be the most popular school for educational assessment students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Santa Cruz.

About 66% of the students majoring in assessment at the school are women while 34% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Teachers College at Columbia University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular educational assessment schools in the United States. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Of the 52 students majoring in assessment at Teachers College, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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Out of the 76 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Global Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. UMGC is a very large public school located in the suburb of Adelphi.

Women make up 70% of the assessment majors at the school.

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#4

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Western Governors University is a great place for educational assessment students working on their master’s degree. WGU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Salt Lake City.

Of the 39 students majoring in assessment at WGU, 26% are male and 74% are female.

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#5

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 29 students majoring in assessment at UPenn, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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Out of the 76 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the # 5 spot on the list. UIC is a very large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

About 66% of the students majoring in assessment at the school are women while 34% are male.

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National University College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree educational assessment programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Bayamon, National University College is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

About 93% of the students majoring in assessment at the school are women while 7% are male.

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools ranking. UNL is a very large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

About 86% of the students majoring in assessment at the school are women while 14% are male.

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University of Alabama at Birmingham ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools list. UAB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Birmingham.

About 96% of the students majoring in assessment at the school are women while 4% are male.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 22 students majoring in assessment at UNM, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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University of Southern California came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools ranking. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Of the 22 students majoring in assessment at USC, 23% are male and 77% are female.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Educational Assessment students that almost earned our Most Popular Educational Assessment Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
12 Southwestern Oklahoma State University Weatherford, OK
13 Stanford University Stanford, CA
14 Campbellsville University Campbellsville, KY
15 Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL

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 26 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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