2023 Best Value Education Schools in Rhode Island
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Education School for You
In 2020-2021, education students earned 441 degrees and certificates from a Rhode Island school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Education Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Rhode Island to see which programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Education Schools in Rhode Island
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Education Colleges.
Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Education
Our 2023 rankings named Providence College the best value school in Rhode Island for education students. Located in the city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Providence are $55,988 per year.
Out of the 5 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island College landed the # 2 spot on the list. RIC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Providence.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at RIC are $10,702 a year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Education Schools in Rhode Island list. JWU Providence is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JWU Providence are $35,950 per year.
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Out of the 5 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the # 4 spot on the list. URI is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.
URI undergraduate students pay an average of $15,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
URI also made our Best Education Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #5.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Brown University is a great value for education students. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Brown are $62,304 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Brown is ranked #1 for overall quality for education in Rhode Island.
Best Value Education Colleges in the New England Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Massachusetts | 6,799 |
Connecticut | 2,205 |
New Hampshire | 1,299 |
Maine | 771 |
Vermont | 337 |
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Majors Related to Education
Education Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Educational Administration | 45,458 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific | 34,451 |
Special Education | 25,158 |
General Education | 21,189 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | 20,616 |
Curriculum & Instruction | 19,784 |
Student Counseling | 13,840 |
Instructional Media Design | 8,387 |
Teaching English or French | 4,743 |
Other Education | 2,513 |
Multilingual Education | 1,672 |
Educational Assessment | 1,215 |
Education Philosophy | 421 |
International Education | 257 |
Teaching Assistants | 20 |
Majors Similar to Education
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Psychology | 42,013 |
Social Sciences | 22,292 |
Communication & Journalism | 12,242 |
Library Science | 5,929 |
History | 4,391 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 5 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 Horadrim.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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