Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Best Value Computer Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

Find Schools Near

2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$29,546 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,542 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 48 degrees and certificates were awarded to computer engineering students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #95 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Computer Engineering Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to see which programs offered the best value experiences for CE students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for CE majors pursuing a .

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Computer Engineering

$15,332 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Rhode Island to be the best value school for computer engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. URI is a large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

URI undergraduate students pay an average of $15,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, CE majors at URI accumulate an average of around $24,800 in student debt.

Full Computer Engineering at University of Rhode Island Report

$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Roger Williams University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best computer engineering schools in Rhode Island. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.

RWU undergraduate students pay an average of $37,355 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, RWU is ranked #5 for overall quality for CE in Rhode Island.

Read More…

$35,950 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Schools in Rhode Island list. JWU Providence is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at JWU Providence are $35,950 a year. On average, CE graduates from JWU Providence take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

Full Computer Engineering at Johnson & Wales University - Providence Report

Best Value Computer Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Computer Engineering Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,392
Connecticut 249
New Hampshire 9
Maine 18
Vermont 24

One of 40 majors within the area of study, computer engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Featured Schools

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.