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2023 Best Value Public Policy Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$39,203 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,597 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Policy Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 66 degrees and certificates were awarded to public policy students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #21 most popular major in the state.

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

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Policy Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for public policy 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 Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public policy majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public Policy

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our analysis found Brown University to be the best value school for public policy students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Rhode Island. Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brown are $62,083 per year.

Brown did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a large student population.

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

URI also made our Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Public Policy at University of Rhode Island

Best Value Public Policy Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 425
Connecticut 81
New Hampshire 23
Maine 27
Vermont 8

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public policy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Public Policy

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 33,631
Public Administration 13,571
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

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).
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