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2023 Best Value Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Schools Ranked
$27,287 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for healthcare 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.

Top Value Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
4 Total Awards
$15,015 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found New England Institute of Technology to be the best value school for healthcare students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Rhode Island. East Greenwich, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at New England Tech are $15,015 a year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since New England Tech does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 52% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

New England Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

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#2

Salve Regina University

Newport, Rhode Island
8 Total Awards
$11,730 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Salve Regina University is a great place for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Newport, Rhode Island, and it awarded 8 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Salve Regina graduate students pay an average of $11,730 in tuition and fees each year.

One thing to take note of is that Salve Regina does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 91% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Salve Regina also made our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #3.

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#3

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island
3 Total Awards
$17,834 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Rhode Island College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value healthcare schools in Rhode Island. RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at RIC are $17,834 a year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since RIC does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 99% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

RIC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

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#4

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
150 Total Awards
$29,774 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. URI is a fairly large public school situated in Kingston, Rhode Island. It awarded 150 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

URI graduate students pay an average of $29,774 in tuition and fees each year.

URI does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. 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.

URI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

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#5

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
125 Total Awards
$62,083 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. Brown is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 125 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brown are $62,083 per year.

Online graduate courses are available at Brown, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 59% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

References

  • 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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