2023 Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Assessment for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Southwest region, there were 175 educational assessment graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,221 and $24,497 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Assessment for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in educational assessment. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality educational assessment programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the educational assessment program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Assessment for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Assessment for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Assessment for a Master’s”.
Top 4 Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Assessment for a Master’s. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified masters’s assessment students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, UNM supports 22,311 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Assessment for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 10 masters’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree vets studying assessment list, UCO has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 14,132 students enrolled at University of Central Oklahoma, 934 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 428 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,062. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Assessment for a Master’s list. Southwestern Oklahoma State University is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s assessment degrees to qualified students.
SWOSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 4,898 students enrolled at SWOSU, 11 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 7 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,832. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SWOSU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Southwest. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Assessment for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Hobbs, New Mexico, and it awarded 10 masters’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.
USW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Educational Assessment Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 904 students enrolled at University of the Southwest, 31 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 28 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,384. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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