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Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$55,988 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,881 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's 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.

The Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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 Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor's Degree School

#1

Providence College

Providence, RI

Our 2023 rankings named Providence College the best value school in Rhode Island for liberal arts general studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Providence are $55,988 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, liberal arts majors at Providence accumulate an average of around $28,791 in student debt.

Providence also took the #2 spot in our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

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

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges 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 values are for the top school 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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