2023 Most Popular Teaching Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island
With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Teaching Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Teaching Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island
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Our analysis found Rhode Island College to be the most popular school for teaching students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Rhode Island. RIC is a public institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 134 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In-state students pay an average of $10,702 in tuition and fees if they attend RIC full time. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $25,900. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $24,041 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 81% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since RIC does offer online classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 100% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. URI is a fairly large public school situated in Kingston, Rhode Island. It awarded 95 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at URI is $15,332. Out-of-state students pay an average of $33,354. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,038 in student loans. Around 85% of those degree recipients were women.
One thing to take note of is that URI does offer online classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 93% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. RWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bristol, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 68 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
If you want to attend RWU, expect to pay an average of $37,355 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $21,640 in student loans. Around 87% of those degree recipients were women.
One thing to take note of is that RWU does offer online classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 90% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 6 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Salve Regina University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Salve Regina University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Newport, Rhode Island that handed out 64 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees at Salve Regina is $44,200. In-state students do not receive a discount, however you may be able to reduce your price if you receive financial aid. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $24,604 in student loans. Around 88% of those degree recipients were women.
Salve Regina does offer online classes for certain degree levels. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 76% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 6 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Providence College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Providence College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 53 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees at Providence is $55,988. In-state students do not receive a discount, however you may be able to reduce your price if you receive financial aid. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $24,489 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 89% were women.
Providence does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 95% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Brown University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees at Brown is $62,304. In-state students do not receive a discount, however you may be able to reduce your price if you receive financial aid. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $14,769 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 80% were women.
Some students may be able to take online classes at Brown. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 100% took at least some of their classes online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 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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