Educational Assessment at University of Southern California

If you are interested in studying educational assessment, you may want to check out the program at University of Southern California. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Educational Assessment section at the bottom of this page.

USC Educational Assessment Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Assessment

USC Educational Assessment Rankings

Assessment Student Demographics at USC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the assessment majors at University of Southern California.

USC Educational Assessment Master’s Program

76% Women

62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of assessment master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in assessment each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

In the assessment master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 37% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a master's in assessment.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Educational Assessment

Educational Assessment majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Learning Sciences	22

Careers That Assessment Grads May Go Into

A degree in assessment can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Education, Training, and Library Workers	23,130	$50,110
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970
Education Professors	3,380	$84,160
Social Sciences Professors	2,760	$147,680

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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National Center for Education Statistics
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