2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

There are so many teaching programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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Top Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

$16,322 Average Tuition & Fees

$22,817 Avg Student Debt

Our analysis found University of Rhode Island to be the best school for teaching students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Rhode Island.

Graduate Certificate recipients from URI accumulate an average of $22,817 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

One thing to take note of is that URI does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 65% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#2

Johnson & Wales University - Providence

Providence, Rhode Island

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.

JWU Providence does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 46% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#3

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island

$9,590 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island College landed the # 3 spot on the list.

Online graduate courses are available at RIC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 99% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

References

• Read more about our ranking methodology.
• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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