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2023 Best Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Schools Ranked
$23,804 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for teaching 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island
2 Total Awards
$17,834 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Rhode Island College the best value school in Rhode Island for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at RIC are $17,834 per year.

RIC does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 99% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, RIC is ranked #3 for overall quality in Rhode Island.

Full Rhode Island College Report

#2

Johnson & Wales University - Providence

Providence, Rhode Island
15 Total Awards
$14,706 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s value ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 15 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at JWU Providence are $14,706 per year.

JWU Providence does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 46% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

JWU Providence not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

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#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
8 Total Awards
$29,774 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. URI is a fairly large public school situated in Kingston, Rhode Island. It awarded 8 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at URI are $29,774 per year.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at URI. 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.

URI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

Full University of Rhode Island Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

References

  • 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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