by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Maryland” 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 Maryland, there were 77 educational assessment graduates with average earnings and debt of $98,861 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Assessment Major in Maryland” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in educational assessment. To top this list, a school must have a successful educational assessment program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Assessment Major in Maryland” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland assessment students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland Global Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Assessment Major in Maryland list. This large school is located in Adelphi, Maryland, and it awarded 63 ’s assessment degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Maryland Global Campus Educational Assessment Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Assessment Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified ’s assessment students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Assessment Major in Maryland list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s assessment degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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