2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Educational Assessment, Testing, & Measurement

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 129 people earned their degree in educational assessment, testing, and measurement, making the major the 1016th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 educational assessment, testing, and measurement graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement Major” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in educational assessment, testing, and measurement. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their educational assessment, testing, and measurement program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree educational assessment, testing, and measurement students.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Educational Assessment, Testing, & Measurement

1

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement Major. Located in Kent, Ohio, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s educational assessment, testing, and measurement students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Educational Assessment, Testing, & Measurement at Kent State University at Kent

2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, North Carolina

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #2 spot on the list. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large school located in Greensboro, North Carolina that handed out 3 doctorate’s educational assessment, testing, and measurement degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of North Carolina at Greensboro Educational Assessment, Testing, & Measurement Report

3

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, Maryland

Top 5% overall quality in United States

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #3 spot on the list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s educational assessment, testing, and measurement degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Educational Assessment, Testing, & Measurement Report

3

University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

Top 20% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement Major. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified doctorate’s educational assessment, testing, and measurement students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Educational Assessment, Testing, & Measurement at Iowa

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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