2025 Best Educational Assessment Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in educational assessment, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #73 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Educational Assessment Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 115 doctor's degrees in educational assessment during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Educational Assessment School for Your Doctor's Degree

The assessment doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to educational assessment students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of educational assessment students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for educational assessment to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized educational assessment related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for educational assessment students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Educational Assessment Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Educational Assessment Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Educational Assessment in the Southeast Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for educational assessment students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Assessment

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

27 Annual Graduates

$76,189 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat University of Kentucky if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in educational assessment. UK is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Lexington.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the assessment program report average early career wages of $76,189.

More information about a doctorate in educational assessment from University of Kentucky

2

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

13 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Clemson University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in educational assessment. Clemson is a very large public university located in the midsize suburb of Clemson.More information about a doctorate in educational assessment from Clemson University

3

Southern Wesleyan University
Central, SC

21 Annual Graduates

Southern Wesleyan University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in educational assessment. Located in the midsize suburb of Central, SWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in educational assessment from Southern Wesleyan University

4

Augusta University
Augusta, GA

12 Annual Graduates

$75,746 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in educational assessment has to look into Augusta University. Located in the medium-sized city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the assessment program state that they receive average early career income of $75,746.

More information about a doctorate in educational assessment from Augusta University

Best Educational Assessment Colleges by State

Explore the best educational assessment colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	6
Virginia	127	2
Georgia	126	13
North Carolina	115	13
Tennessee	102	9
Alabama	98	1
South Carolina	91	6
Kentucky	87	35
Arkansas	58	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Assessment

Educational Assessment is one of 14 different types of Education programs to choose from.

Assessment Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Educational Evaluation & Research	64
Other Educational Assessment, Evaluation, & Research	33
Educational Statistics & Research Methods	8
Learning Sciences	6
Educational Assessment, Testing, & Measurement	4

Majors Similar to Assessment

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Educational Administration	2,407
Curriculum & Instruction	805
General Education	672
Other Education	237
Teacher Education Subject Specific	148
Student Counseling	136
Teacher Education Grade Specific	113
Special Education	47
Instructional Media Design	38
Teaching English or French	13

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paul J. Phelps. More about our data sources and methodologies.