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2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$12,547 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$115,233 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You

Nursing is the #15 most popular major in Rhode Island with 83 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Check out the nursing 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 Nursing

#1

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

Our 2023 rankings named Salve Regina University the best value school in Rhode Island for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Newport.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Salve Regina are $11,730 per year.

Salve Regina also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #3.

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#2

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Rhode Island College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Rhode Island. Located in the large suburb of Providence, RIC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at RIC are $9,590 per year.

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Out of the 3 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at URI are $16,322 per year.

URI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,916
Connecticut 750
New Hampshire 366
Maine 149
Vermont 25

Nursing is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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