2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 183,889 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,496 and had an average of $36,227 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 858 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,571 and $30,700 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychology programs that also have a lower cost than 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 psychology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The psychology 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 Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology (Income $48-$75k) in Rhode Island

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $48-$75k list. Brown University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #2 spot on the list. URI is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 11 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also took the #1 spot in our “Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rhode Island are $29,082, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychology (Income $48-$75k)

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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