Global Directory of Academic Programs in Evaluation

This program is designed for individuals and working professionals who want to make a difference in K-12 school districts, higher education institutions, and non-profit organizations. You will be prepared for a career in which data and analytics are used to inform leadership about critical school and university topics, in roles such as K-12 assessment professionals, higher education institutional researchers, data analysts, data managers, and education evaluators.

Ideal for those who are committed to creating or improving socially responsible organizations, Organizational Behavior and Evaluation explores how to meet the challenges of an increasingly diverse workforce within a global economy and community. One of CGU’s most popular, the program trains future leaders, change agents, scholars, and educators to use psychological and organizational theory and research to improve organizational effectiveness and the work life of all individuals. You’ll integrate this knowledge with a background in evaluation and applied research methods to better understand and assess organizational health, all within one of the preeminent evaluation programs in the country.

In this program you’ll examine the positive developmental trajectories and processes that contribute to positive outcomes at both individual and sociocultural levels, integrating that knowledge with a background in evaluation and applied research methods. Positive Developmental Psychology and Evaluation provides you with knowledge and methods needed for research and to design, implement, and evaluate programs aimed at fostering positive human development throughout the lifespan. Positive psychology is understood as an approach to human functioning that addresses human flourishing and well-being and the factors that contribute to them. At Claremont Graduate University, Positive Development is understood as individual growth through the lifespan.

In this program, you’ll learn to improve organizational effectiveness and individual work life through positive organizational psychology research, integrating that scholarship with a background in evaluation and applied research methods, all within one of the preeminent evaluation programs in the country. Ideal for those committed to creating socially responsible organizations, this concentration explores how to meet the challenges of an increasingly diverse workforce in a global economy and community. You’ll find mentoring and research opportunities to collaborate with leading scholars in both fields.

The Master of Arts in Public Policy & Evaluation trains you in the technical aspects of outcome evaluation to provide a focused understanding of what makes public policy effective. This is a joint program offered by the Division of Politics & Economics and the Division of Behavioral & Organizational Sciences that combines two highly complementary domains—public policy and evaluation—which are often taught and learned separately. The program places strong emphasis on the politics of outcome evaluation; you’ll develop an understanding of stakeholder and constituent roles in evaluation, empowerment aspects, and the ethical requirements of a policy analyst and evaluator.

This program is designed to produce highly qualified health care researchers who incorporate skills from and collaborate among a wide-range of disciplines. Equipped with the skills to analyze and interpret complex health problems and data, graduates are prepared to conduct relevant research on issues critically important to public health. The curriculum combines a strong conceptual framework that fosters a thorough understanding of health and contemporary technical issues in healthcare delivery/population health with a rigorous methodological core providing practical experience to improve health systems’ performance and population health.

The program provides training for a number of positions in educational research bureaus and testing organizations. Coursework includes psychometric theory, program evaluation in the social sciences and public health, quantitative methods, research methods, and psychology.

The program is designed to address the growing multidisciplinary needs of researchers and practitioners working in diverse professional settings through collaboration across fields of the arts, business, education, social and human services, healthcare, and leadership. The program is designed for professional and administrative organizers. Grant writers and grant administrators, advocates, educators, researchers, consultants, managers will gain knowledge and expertise in the areas of grant administration and evaluation.

The program prepares graduates to lead and manage public service organizations and programs in all sectors. This course focuses on the processes and products of governmental decision making, with primary attention devoted to developing the ability to analyze and evaluate the ramifications of public policies and programs. This field is designed principally for student interested in careers as analysts or evaluators at any level of government – in quasi-public, nonprofit, or public interest organizations, or in research or consulting firms. Students will develop extensive quantitative and qualitative research and analysis skills from multiple disciplinary perspectives.

The program prepares students to dig deep into the data and the details as they explore the theories behind the public policy that shapes our governments and our world. In addition to core coursework, MPP and MPA students choose a field of study tailored to their unique interests and career objectives, either from the list of pre-approved options or designed in consultation with an advisor. All Master'sstudents also complete a capstone project for a client of their choosing.