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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Far Western US Region

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131 Degrees Awarded
$53,511 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Far Western US Region

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In 2020-2021, 2,552 people earned their degree in educational assessment, making the major the 184th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, educational assessment graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $55,573 and had an average of $34,777 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 202 educational assessment graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,185 and $45,056 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 131 educational assessment graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in educational assessment. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their educational assessment program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 7 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Educational Assessment in the Far Western US Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern California Institute of Architecture. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Far Western US Region list. Southern California Institute of Architecture is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 5 masters’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Educational Assessment at Southern California Institute of Architecture

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Santa Cruz, California, this fairly large public school handed out 70 degrees to qualified masters’s assessment students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 at University of California - Santa Cruz

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Stanford University
Stanford, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s assessment students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at Stanford

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified masters’s assessment students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at USC

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Irvine, California, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s assessment students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Educational Assessment at University of California - Irvine

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 7 masters’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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Pepperdine University
Malibu, California

Pepperdine University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Far Western US Region list. Pepperdine University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Malibu, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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