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Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$37,735 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,721 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, engineering students earned 667 degrees and certificates from a Rhode Island school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Engineering

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at URI are $15,332 per year.

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#2

Brown University

Providence, RI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Brown undergraduate students pay an average of $62,304 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Brown did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Roger Williams University is a great value for engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.

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

RWU also took the #5 spot in our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a great value for engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. JWU Providence is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JWU Providence are $35,950 per year.

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Best Value Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 649
Maine 404
Massachusetts 9,717
Connecticut 2,153
Vermont 346

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811
General Engineering 11,796
Industrial Engineering 9,072
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 8,001
Systems Engineering 3,904
Materials Engineering 3,415
Other Engineering 2,760
Environmental Engineering 2,759
Operations Research 1,698
Agricultural Engineering 1,472
Engineering Science 1,454
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 1,378
Petroleum Engineering 1,256
Robotics Engineering 1,243
Architectural Engineering 1,012
Engineering Physics 994
Manufacturing Engineering 947
Construction Engineering 878
Nuclear Engineering 864
Marine Engineering 445
Biological Engineering 410
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 360
Geoscience Engineering 325
Mining Engineering 314
Textile Engineering 310
Ocean Engineering 285
Engineering Mechanics 272
Metallurgical Engineering 179
Energy Systems Engineering 138
Biochemical Engineering 109
Ceramic Engineering 94
Surveying Engineering 73
Electromechanical Engineering 45
Forest Engineering 41
Paper Science & Engineering 27
Engineering Chemistry 13

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

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