2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Associate Degree School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in Rhode Island with 1,091 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Nursing
Our analysis found Community College of Rhode Island to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a associate degree in Rhode Island. CCRI is a large public school located in the city of Warwick.
CCRI undergraduate students pay an average of $4,980 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Nursing majors at CCRI take out an average of $20,467 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
CCRI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.
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The excellent associate degree programs at New England Institute of Technology 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 East Greenwich, New England Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
New England Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $32,807 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, nursing graduates from New England Tech carry an average student debtload of $27,438.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Massachusetts | 6,626 |
Connecticut | 3,058 |
New Hampshire | 2,129 |
Maine | 1,262 |
Vermont | 390 |
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Nursing Related Majors for Nursing
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.
Nursing Concentrations
Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
Public Health | 40,596 |
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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