2022 Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in California

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In 2019-2020, 1,863 people earned their degree in educational assessment, making the major the 217th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, educational assessment graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $50,220 and had an average of $33,307 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 128 educational assessment graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,500 and $35,124 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 87 educational assessment graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in educational assessment. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent educational assessment programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the educational assessment program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in California.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Educational Assessment in California

#1

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$54,234 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in California list. University of California - Santa Cruz is a public institution located in Santa Cruz, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 59 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Santa Cruz also made our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Santa Cruz are $28,952, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at UC Santa Cruz

#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in California list. University of Southern California is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 21 masters’s assessment degrees in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at USC

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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