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2023 Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

6 Schools Ranked
$20,880 Avg Student Debt

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 and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island
13 Total Awards
$9,590 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Rhode Island College the most popular school in Rhode Island for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. This medium-sized public school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 13 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 77% of those degree recipients were women.

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.

Full Rhode Island College Report

#2

Salve Regina University

Newport, Rhode Island
10 Total Awards
$11,730 Average Tuition & Fees
$18,943 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you attend Salve Regina University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list. Salve Regina is a private not-for-profit institution located in Newport, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $18,943 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 90% were women.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Salve Regina does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. 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.

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#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
5 Total Awards
$16,322 Average Tuition & Fees
$22,817 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 5 students in 2020-2021.

Graduate Certificate recipients from URI accumulate an average of $22,817 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at URI. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 65% took at least some of their classes online.

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#4

Bryant University

Smithfield, Rhode Island
$47,720 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Bryant University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Bryant. In fact, around 33% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Full Bryant University Report

#4

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island
$18,406 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list.

Online graduate courses are available at RWU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. 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.

Full Roger Williams University Report

#4

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
$62,083 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Brown University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in Rhode Island.

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. During the 2019-2020 year, about 59% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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