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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$12,956 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Rhode Island. With 1,091 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

Our 2023 rankings named Rhode Island College the best value school in Rhode Island for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Providence, RIC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

RIC graduate students pay an average of $9,590 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Nursing at Rhode Island College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at URI are $16,322 a year.

URI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 6,626
Connecticut 3,058
New Hampshire 2,129
Maine 1,262
Vermont 390

Nursing is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

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 Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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