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2023 Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$24,856 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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Southeast 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 Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Georgia the best value school in the Southeast Region for educational assessment students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UGA are $27,464 a year.

UGA also claimed a spot on our Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at University of Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UT Chattanooga is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chattanooga.

UT Chattanooga graduate students pay an average of $18,538 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

Out of the 12 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a very large student population.

UofM graduate students pay an average of $14,544 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at University of Memphis

#4

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend James Madison University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. JMU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Harrisonburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at JMU are $29,746 a year.

JMU also claimed a spot on our Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte graduate students pay an average of $21,147 in tuition and fees each year.

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

Full Educational Assessment at University of North Carolina at Charlotte Report

#6

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school with a very large student population.

UARK graduate students pay an average of $22,563 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at University of Arkansas

#7

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 per year.

Virginia Tech also made our Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #3.

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#8

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

Georgia Southern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GaSou are $22,004 per year.

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North Carolina State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NC State are $29,690 a year. The average amount in student loans that assessment majors at NC State take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $17,416.

NC State also claimed a spot on our Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Educational Assessment at North Carolina State University

#10

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Nova Southeastern University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NUS Florida are $22,790 per year.

Full Educational Assessment at Nova Southeastern University Report

Best Educational Assessment Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 41
Virginia 14
North Carolina 49
Florida 16
Tennessee 12
Kentucky 65
South Carolina 7
Louisiana 0
Arkansas 4
Alabama 26
Mississippi 0
West Virginia 0

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 12 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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