2024 Best Elementary Education Schools in Rhode Island
4Colleges in Rhode Island
167Elementary Teaching Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in elementary education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #17 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Elementary Education Schools in Rhode Island ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 167 degrees in elementary education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of elementary education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Elementary Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The elementary teaching school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Elementary Education Schools in Rhode Island.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Elementary Education in Rhode Island
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the elementary teaching degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Rhode Island is a good decision for students interested in a degree in elementary education. URI is a large public university located in the large suburb of Kingston. A Best Colleges rank of #320 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means URI is a great university overall.
There were roughly 52 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent year we have data available.
Salve Regina University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in elementary education. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Newport. This university ranks 686th out of 2,217 schools for overall quality nationwide.
There were approximately 24 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at Salve Regina in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Rhode Island College if you want to pursue a degree in elementary education. RIC is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Providence. This college ranks 9th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 41 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at RIC in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in elementary education has to take a look at Roger Williams University. RWU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Bristol. A Best Colleges rank of #580 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means RWU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 43 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at RWU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of elementary education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Elementary Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
