by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 234 educational assessment graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,835 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 educational assessment graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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The assessment school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree assessment students.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Campbellsville University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Campbellsville, Kentucky, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 14 degrees to qualified masters’s assessment students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s assessment degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Alabama at Birmingham Educational Assessment Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Coral Gables, Florida. It awarded 5 masters’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Educational Assessment at University of Miami
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s assessment degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Educational Assessment at UNC Greensboro
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #5 spot on the list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s assessment degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Auburn University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s assessment students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Georgia State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s assessment students in 2020-2021.
University of Florida ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s assessment degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
University of South Carolina - Columbia ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Educational Assessment at University of South Carolina - Columbia
Florida State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 1 masters’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
William Carey University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region ranking. William Carey University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Union University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region list. Jackson, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s assessment degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Western Kentucky University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Assessment Major in the Southeast Region ranking. WKU is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It awarded 0 masters’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.
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