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2023 Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$25,949 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate School for You

Educational Assessment is the #130 most popular major in the country with 1,215 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for assessment students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for assessment majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Loyola University Chicago the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for educational assessment students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 a year.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational assessment schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.

Purdue excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Educational Assessment at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

#4

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Out of the 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ball State are $26,600 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ball State also did well on our Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the # 5 spot on the list. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IU Bloomington are $33,352 a year.

IU Bloomington also claimed a spot on our Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Western Michigan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational assessment students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. WMU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Kalamazoo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WMU are $26,248 per year.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate educational assessment programs. UC is a very large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC are $26,644 per year.

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Miami University - Oxford came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Miami University - Oxford are $32,332 a year.

Full Educational Assessment at Miami University - Oxford Report

#9

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate educational assessment programs. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

Michigan State graduate students pay an average of $38,638 in tuition and fees each year.

Michigan State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Educational Assessment at Michigan State University Report

#10

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

University of Toledo came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Toledo are $27,739 a year.

Full Educational Assessment at University of Toledo Report

Best Educational Assessment Colleges by State

Explore the best educational assessment schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 22
Illinois 61
Ohio 50
Indiana 26

One of 14 majors within the area of study, educational assessment has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Assessment

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paul J. Phelps.

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