2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 313,362 nursing students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $67,065 and had an average of $26,282 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 1,079 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,767 and $27,180 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nursing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island

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

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

#1

Salve Regina University

Newport, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$11,370 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Salve Regina University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island. Located in Newport, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s nursing students in 2019-2020.

Salve Regina also took the #1 spot in our “Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Salve Regina University are $11,370, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Salve Regina Nursing Report

#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#2 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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island list. URI is a fairly large public school situated in Kingston, Rhode Island. It awarded 5 doctorate’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

URI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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