2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island
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. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Rhode Island to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students.
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Top Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island
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Our 2023 rankings named Providence College the best school in Rhode Island for students working on their graduate certificate.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Providence. In 2019-2020 about 75% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salve Regina University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $18,943 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Salve Regina does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 91% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Roger Williams University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Rhode Island.
One thing to take note of is that RWU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 84% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bryant University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list.
Online graduate courses are available at Bryant, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 33% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Rhode Island.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $22,817 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at URI. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 65% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #6, Johnson & Wales University - Providence did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
JWU Providence does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 46% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Rhode Island College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since RIC does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 99% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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