When it comes to popularity, educational assessment sits in the middle of the road, ranking #184 out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual looked at 86 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Educational Assessment Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,552 degrees in educational assessment during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of educational assessment school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Educational Assessment School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 the Best Educational Assessment Schools.
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Best Schools for Educational Assessment in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the assessment degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Harvard University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in educational assessment. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available.
Teachers College at Columbia University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in educational assessment. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #12 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Teachers College is a great university overall.
There were approximately 60 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at Teachers College in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in educational assessment needs to check out A T Still University of Health Sciences. A T Still University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Kirksville.
There were about 51 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at A T Still University of Health Sciences in the most recent data year. Educational Assessment degree recipients from A T Still University of Health Sciences receive an earnings boost of around $27,850 above the typical income of educational assessment majors.
Every student who is interested in educational assessment has to look into University of Pennsylvania. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 31 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 22 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 51 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the educational assessment major at University of Kentucky get $20,290 above the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were approximately 14 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.
University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the city of Tucson. This university ranks 3rd out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 79 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, assessment degree recipients usually earn around $23,373 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 19 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were about 10 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Educational Assessment Schools award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of educational assessment school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Educational Assessment School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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