2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Rhode Island

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value CompSci Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 53,722 people earned their degree in computer science, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,561 and had an average of $23,565 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 407 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $141,100 and $19,936 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the computer science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value CompSci Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value CompSci Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Rhode Island

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value CompSci Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s compsci degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at URI, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082.

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#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value CompSci Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s compsci degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Brown also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363.

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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