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2022 Best Value Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Rhode Island (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
131 Degrees Awarded
$20,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 19,436 people earned their degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences, making the major the 52nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $103,354 and had an average of $116,700 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 131 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $112,800 and $41,000 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences 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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The pharmacy 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 “Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Rhode Island (With Aid)

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 131 students in 2019-2020.

URI also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rhode Island is $20,607 for rhode island pharmacy students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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