by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students 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 Well Attended Assessment Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” 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. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 educational assessment graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Assessment Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in educational assessment. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in educational assessment.
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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 “Most Well Attended Assessment Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Assessment Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Assessment Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Assessment Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 2 doctorate’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
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