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Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$22,948 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,655 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You

Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Rhode Island. With 2,703 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for health professions 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. 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.

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

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Health Professions

Our 2023 rankings named New England Institute of Technology the best value school in Rhode Island for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. New England Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of East Greenwich.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at New England Tech are $15,015 per year.

New England Tech also took the #2 spot in our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

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#2

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salve Regina University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Newport.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Salve Regina are $11,730 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Salve Regina is ranked #3 for overall quality for health professions in Rhode Island.

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#3

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the large suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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

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Out of the 5 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

URI graduate students pay an average of $16,322 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

URI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

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#5

Brown University

Providence, RI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brown are $62,083 per year.

Brown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 5,813
Maine 2,935
Massachusetts 18,440
Connecticut 7,729
Vermont 1,087

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
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
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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.

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