2023 Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for healthcare students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

Top Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Salve Regina University

Newport, Rhode Island

$11,730 Average Tuition & Fees

$18,943 Avg Student Debt

Our 2023 rankings named Salve Regina University the best school in Rhode Island for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $18,943 in student loans.

Online graduate courses are available at Salve Regina, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 91% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

$16,322 Average Tuition & Fees

$22,817 Avg Student Debt

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best healthcare schools in Rhode Island.

Graduate Certificate recipients from URI accumulate an average of $22,817 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at URI. During the 2019-2020 year, about 65% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#3

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island

$9,590 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Rhode Island College is a great place for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at RIC. In 2019-2020 about 99% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 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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