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2023 Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$17,364 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,148 Avg Salary

Architecture & Related Services is the #11 most popular major in Rhode Island with 121 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for architecture and related services students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Architecture/Urban Planning

Our analysis found University of Rhode Island to be the best value school for architecture and related services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Rhode Island. URI is a large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at URI are $16,322 a year.

URI also made our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Architecture & Related Services at University of Rhode Island

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Roger Williams University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value architecture and related services schools in Rhode Island. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at RWU are $18,406 a year.

RWU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Architecture/Urban Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list.

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 618
Connecticut 86
Maine 9
Vermont 10

Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 3,366
Urban & Regional Planning 1,613
General Architecture 1,096
Landscape Architecture 285
Real Estate Development 223
Interior Architecture 169
Environmental Design 114
Architectural History 45
Architecture (Other) 33

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Lorenzo Cafaro.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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