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Best Value Public Policy Schools in Rhode Island

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2023 Best Value Public Policy Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$38,818 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,916 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Policy 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.

The Best Value Public Policy Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in Rhode Island

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

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Policy

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI
$62,304 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Brown University the best value school in Rhode Island for public policy students. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Brown are $62,304 a year.

Brown also made our Best Public Policy Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Public Policy at Brown University

$15,332 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public policy schools in Rhode Island. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a large student population.

URI undergraduate students pay an average of $15,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

URI also took the #5 spot in our Best Public Policy Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

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Best Value Public Policy Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Policy Schools 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

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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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