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2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$49,830 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,583 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 145 degrees and certificates were awarded to general engineering students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #36 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Engineering Schools in Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

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

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in General Engineering

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI
$62,304 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Brown University to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Brown are $62,304 per year. Engineering majors at Brown take out an average of $14,750 in student loans while working on their egree.

Brown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best General Engineering Schools in Rhode Island list.

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$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at RWU are $37,355 a year.

RWU also made our Best General Engineering Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on General Engineering at Roger Williams University

Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 632
Connecticut 81
New Hampshire 160
Maine 14
Vermont 11

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

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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