2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in Rhode Island
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Engineering Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to see which programs offered the best value experiences for engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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 in Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named University of Rhode Island the best value school in Rhode Island for engineering students. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at URI are $15,332 a year. After completing their degree, engineering graduates from URI carry an average student debtload of $25,778. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $317.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Brown undergraduate students pay an average of $62,304 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, engineering graduates from Brown carry an average student debtload of $14,875.
Brown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Engineering Schools in Rhode Island list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Schools in Rhode Island list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at RWU are $37,355 a year. On average, engineering graduates from RWU take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree.
RWU also took the #5 spot in our Best Engineering Schools in Rhode Island rankings.
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Request InformationBest 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 |
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New Hampshire | 649 |
Maine | 404 |
Massachusetts | 9,717 |
Connecticut | 2,153 |
Vermont | 346 |
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Majors Related to Engineering
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.
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