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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Educational Assessment is the 184th most popular major in the country with 2,552 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 169 educational assessment graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 educational assessment graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 15 colleges that offer a degree in educational assessment. That schools that top this list have a program in educational assessment in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 15 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Educational Assessment in the Great Lakes Region

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Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 29 masters’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 more about Educational Assessment at University of Illinois at Chicago

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region. NIU is a public institution located in Dekalb, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Northern Illinois University Educational Assessment Report

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National Louis University
Chicago, Illinois

Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the #3 spot on the list. NLU is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s assessment degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at NLU

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Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Western Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 5 masters’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.

Full WMU Educational Assessment Report

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Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Akron, Ohio, and it awarded 3 masters’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.

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

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Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s assessment degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, 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 Ohio State University - Main Campus

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s assessment degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at UIUC

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Kent State University at Kent ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Kent State is a large public school situated in Kent, Ohio. It awarded 4 masters’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Educational Assessment at Kent State

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Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 5 masters’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Educational Assessment at OHIO Athens

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University of Michigan - Dearborn did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #10. UM Dearborn is located in Dearborn, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s assessment degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.

Full UM Dearborn Educational Assessment Report

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University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

University of Toledo came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Toledo, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s assessment students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at University of Toledo

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Cleveland State University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s assessment degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Educational Assessment at Cleveland State University

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Muskingum University
New Concord, Ohio

Muskingum University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in New Concord, Ohio, and it awarded 0 masters’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at Muskingum

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Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Loyola University Chicago ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s assessment degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Educational Assessment at Loyola Chicago

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Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

Wayne State University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Detroit, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s assessment degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

Full Wayne State Educational Assessment Report

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