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2023 Best Value Area Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$62,083 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Area Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 27 degrees and certificates were awarded to area studies students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #46 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 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, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Area Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking.

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.

Check out the area studies doctor's degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Area Studies Doctor's Degree School

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our analysis found Brown University to be the best value school for area studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Rhode Island. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Brown graduate students pay an average of $62,083 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Brown also made our Best Area Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 111
Connecticut 32
Maine 0

Area Studies is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies 1,081
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 5

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 Karl Udo Gerth.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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