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2025 Best Educational Assessment Schools in the Southwest Region

5 Colleges in the Southwest Region
201 Assessment Degrees Awarded
$64,542 Avg Early-Career Salary
Educational Assessment isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #184 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Educational Assessment Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 201 degrees in educational assessment annually.

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Choosing a Great Educational Assessment School

Best Educational Assessment Schools in the Southwest Region Your choice of educational assessment school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for educational assessment schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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.

Educational Assessment Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Assessment
Master's Degrees in Assessment
Doctor's Degrees in Assessment

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Educational Assessment Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Educational Assessment in the Southwest Region

The schools below may not offer all types of assessment degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Southwest Region Schools in Assessment

1
Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type
82 Assessment Degrees Awarded
3.7% Growth in Graduates

University of Arizona is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in educational assessment. University of Arizona is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #110 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.

There were roughly 82 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the assessment program state that they receive average early career earnings of $26,457.

More information about a degree in educational assessment from University of Arizona

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NM
32 Assessment Degrees Awarded

University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in educational assessment. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #608 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNM is a great university overall.

There were about 32 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in educational assessment from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

3
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In OK
16.0% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in educational assessment has to take a look at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. SWOSU is a small public university located in the town of Weatherford. This university ranks 14th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.

There were roughly 25 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at SWOSU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in educational assessment from Southwestern Oklahoma State University

4
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NM
41.2% Growth in Graduates

University of the Southwest is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in educational assessment. USW is a small private not-for-profit university located in the remote town of Hobbs. This university ranks 13th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.

There were about 17 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at USW in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in educational assessment from University of the Southwest

5
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In OK

Located in the large suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.

There were roughly 5 educational assessment students who graduated with this degree at UCO in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in educational assessment from University of Central Oklahoma

Best Educational Assessment Colleges by State

Explore the best educational assessment schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Texas 317 6
Arizona 287 77
Oklahoma 257 31
New Mexico 219 35

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

Assessment Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Learning Sciences 117
Educational Assessment, Testing, & Measurement 54
Educational Statistics & Research Methods 23
Educational Evaluation & Research 7

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 13,421
Educational Administration 7,755
Special Education 5,814
Teacher Education Subject Specific 3,156
General Education 3,058
Curriculum & Instruction 2,905
Student Counseling 1,356
Instructional Media Design 1,091
Teaching English or French 443
Other Education 370

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