2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Rhode Island (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 38,958 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 46th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,044 and had an average of $25,781 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 116 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,500 and $32,167 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Rhode Island (With Aid)

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid list. URI is a fairly large public school situated in Kingston, Rhode Island. It awarded 24 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also took the #1 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full URI Information Technology Report

#2

Johnson & Wales University - Providence

Providence, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$14,148 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

JWU Providence also took the #2 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at JWU Providence are $14,148, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Information Technology at JWU Providence

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (With Aid)

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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