Educational Assessment at University of the Southwest

Every educational assessment school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the assessment program at University of the Southwest stacks up to those at other schools.

USW is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and approximately 904 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received their master's degree in assessment.

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.

USW Educational Assessment Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Assessment

Online Classes Are Available at USW

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USW offers distance education options for assessment at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USW Educational Assessment Rankings

Assessment Student Demographics at USW

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

USW Educational Assessment Master’s Program

Of the 10 students who earned a master's degree in Educational Assessment from USW in 2020-2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

In the assessment master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Educational Administration
• Special Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Student Counseling

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 NM, the home state for University of the Southwest.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Social Sciences Professors	350	$85,450
Education, Training, and Library Workers	330	$40,100
Social Scientists	170	$79,880
Education Professors	90	$67,260

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bildungsroman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.