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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$30,484 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,682 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, liberal arts general studies was ranked 2nd in Rhode Island. In fact, 1,275 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for liberal arts 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.

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Liberal Arts General Studies

Our 2023 rankings named Community College of Rhode Island the best value school in Rhode Island for liberal arts general studies students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Warwick, CCRI is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCRI are $4,980 per year. On average, liberal arts graduates from CCRI take out $11,350 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at Community College of Rhode Island Report

#2

Providence College

Providence, RI

The excellent associate degree programs at Providence College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts general studies schools in Rhode Island. Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

Providence undergraduate students pay an average of $55,988 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at Providence College Report

Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 3,382
Connecticut 2,207
New Hampshire 2,654
Maine 630
Vermont 305

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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