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2023 Most Popular Teaching Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

8 Schools Ranked

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 Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island
110 Total Awards
$9,590 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Rhode Island College the most popular school in Rhode Island for teaching students working on their master’s degree. This medium-sized public school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 110 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 87% of those degree recipients were women.

RIC does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 99% took at least some of their classes online.

Full Rhode Island College Report

#2

Providence College

Providence, Rhode Island
108 Total Awards

Out of the 8 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Providence College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out master’s degrees to 108 students in 2020-2021.

Around 78% of those degree recipients were women.

Providence does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 75% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
52 Total Awards
$16,322 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. URI is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 52 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 85% of those degree recipients were women.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at URI. In fact, around 65% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#4

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
51 Total Awards
$62,083 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out master’s degrees to 51 students in 2020-2021.

Around 88% of those degree recipients were women.

Brown does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 59% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#5

Johnson & Wales University - Providence

Providence, Rhode Island
34 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. JWU Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 master’s degrees to qualified students.

Of those students who received their degree, 74% were women.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at JWU Providence. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 46% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#6

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island
15 Total Awards
$18,406 Average Tuition & Fees

Roger Williams University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teaching students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Bristol, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out master’s degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at RWU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 84% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#7

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island
11 Total Awards
$56,290 Average Tuition & Fees

Rhode Island School of Design landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree teaching programs. RISD is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

Full Rhode Island School of Design Report

#8

Johnson & Wales University - Online

Providence, Rhode Island

Johnson & Wales University - Online landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree teaching programs.

JWU Online is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 8 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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