2022 Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 32,905 people earned their degree in history, making the major the 22nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, history graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,593 and had an average of $23,490 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 240 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,550 and $20,834 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the history program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The history 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 History Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island”.

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Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for History in Rhode Island

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rhode island doctor’s degree history students list, Brown has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best History 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 University are $60,363.

Read more about History at Brown University

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Abraham Ortelius.

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