2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in Rhode Island

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With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 1,302 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,200 and $16,535 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,265 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in Rhode Island” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in Rhode Island.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Rhode Island

#1

Community College of Rhode Island

Warwick, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$5,878 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Rhode Island. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in Rhode Island list. Located in Warwick, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school awarded 1,263 degrees to qualified associates’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

CCRI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. The estimated yearly cost for CCRI is $5,878 for Rhode Island Associate Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students.

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#2

Providence College

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$38,296 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Providence College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in Rhode Island. This small school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 1 associates’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Providence, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Providence College is $38,296 for Rhode Island Associate Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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