Educational Assessment at University of Maryland - College Park

If you plan to study educational assessment, take a look at what University of Maryland - College Park has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 students attend the school each year.

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.

UMCP Educational Assessment Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Assessment
• Doctorate Degree in Assessment

UMCP Educational Assessment Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in assessment, making the school the #30 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Assessment Student Demographics at UMCP

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

UMCP Educational Assessment Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students graduated with a master's degree in assessment from UMCP. About 33% were men and 67% were women.

In the assessment master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 74% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Student Counseling
• Special Education
• Educational Administration
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Social Scientists	2,090	$98,920
Education, Training, and Library Workers	1,760	$55,000
Education Professors	940	$75,470
Social Sciences Professors	300	$87,410

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.