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2023 Best Value English Language & Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$39,203 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,842 Avg Salary

Finding the Best English Language & Literature Doctor's Degree School for You

English Language & Literature is the #20 most popular major in Rhode Island with 35 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value English Language & Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for English language and literature 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.

2023 Best Value English Language & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Check out the English language and literature doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in English Language & Literature

Our 2023 rankings named University of Rhode Island the best value school in Rhode Island for English language and literature students working on their doctor’s degree. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

URI graduate students pay an average of $16,322 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

URI also made our Best English Language & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #4.

Full English Language & Literature at University of Rhode Island Report

#2

Brown University

Providence, RI

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Brown University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value English language and literature schools in Rhode Island. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Brown are $62,083 a year.

Brown did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best English Language & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

Read full report on English Language & Literature at Brown University

Best Value English Language & Literature Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value English Language & Literature Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 428
Connecticut 97
New Hampshire 720
Maine 34
Vermont 179

English Language & Literature Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
General English Literature 4,966
Writing Studies 4,263
English Literature (Other) 175
Literature 162

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 18,379
Theology & Religious Vocations 17,287
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 4,163
Philosophy & Religious Studies 3,136
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 2,680

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 Mike Hazard.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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