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2022 Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

9 Ranked Colleges
70 Degrees Awarded
$22,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Great Lakes region, there were 161 educational assessment graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,300 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 70 educational assessment graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in educational assessment. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great educational assessment programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the educational assessment program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree assessment students.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Educational Assessment in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, Illinois
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. This fairly large school is located in Dekalb, Illinois, and it awarded 13 masters’s assessment degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NIU, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Illinois University are $11,086, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Northern Illinois University Educational Assessment Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. University of Illinois at Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s assessment degrees to qualified students.

UIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036.

Full University of Illinois at Chicago Educational Assessment Report

#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 5 masters’s assessment degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at University of Akron Main Campus

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 4 masters’s assessment degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also took the #7 spot in our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Ohio University - Athens Campus Educational Assessment Report

#5 in overall quality

Kent State University at Kent came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Kent State University at Kent is a large public school situated in Kent, Ohio. It awarded 7 masters’s assessment degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State also made our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State University at Kent are $21,952.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at Kent State University at Kent

#7

National Louis University

Chicago, Illinois
#9 in overall quality

National Louis University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. NLU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at National Louis University are $12,096, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Educational Assessment at National Louis University

#8

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Western Michigan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. WMU is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 4 masters’s assessment degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree assessment students list, WMU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Educational Assessment at Western Michigan University

#4 in overall quality

Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Assessment Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s assessment degrees to qualified students.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Ohio State Educational Assessment Report

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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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