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2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$31,423 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,535 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service School for You

In 2020-2021, public administration and social service students earned 190 degrees and certificates from a Rhode Island school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Public & Social Service Schools in Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value programs for public administration and social service 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools in Rhode Island

Check out the public administration and social service programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Public & Social Service

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI
$10,702 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Rhode Island College to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. RIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Providence.

RIC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,702 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Roger Williams University is a great value for public administration and social service students. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RWU are $37,355 per year.

RWU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Public & Social Service Schools in Rhode Island list.

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$15,332 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Schools in Rhode Island list. URI is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at URI are $15,332 a year.

URI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Public & Social Service Schools in Rhode Island list.

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#4

Brown University

Providence, RI
$62,304 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Brown University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration and social service schools in Rhode Island. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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

Brown also took the #1 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at Brown University

Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,705
Connecticut 684
New Hampshire 143
Maine 292
Vermont 84

Public Administration & Social Service Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 33,631
Public Administration 13,571
Public Policy 3,737
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

Majors Similar to Public Administration & Social Service

Related Major Annual Graduates
Legal Professions 45,189
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 13,045
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 10,452
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 1,613

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 University of the Fraser Valley.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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