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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$25,949 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate School for You

Educational Assessment is the #180 most popular major in the country with 2,552 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for assessment students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Loyola University Chicago to be the best value school for educational assessment students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Akron Main Campus is a great value for educational assessment students working on their graduate certificate. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Akron.

University of Akron Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $11,936 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Educational Assessment at University of Akron Main Campus Report

#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Out of the 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Purdue graduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Purdue also did well on our Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Educational Assessment at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

#4

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ball State University is a great value for educational assessment students working on their graduate certificate. Ball State is a very large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ball State are $26,600 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ball State also is in the top 10% of our Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a very large student population.

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

On top of its placing in our value ranking, IU Bloomington also did well on our Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Educational Assessment at Indiana University - Bloomington Report

Western Michigan University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate educational assessment programs. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WMU are $26,248 a year.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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Miami University - Oxford 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 #8 on the list. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the town of Oxford.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Miami University - Oxford are $32,332 per year.

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#9

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State 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 #9 on the list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Michigan State is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#10

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

University of Toledo landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate educational assessment programs. University of Toledo is a large public school located in the large city of Toledo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Toledo are $27,739 per 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
Ohio 50
Illinois 69
Indiana 27

Educational Assessment is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

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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