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Best Value Sociology Schools in Rhode Island

2023 Best Value Sociology Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$36,082 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,015 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Sociology School for You

With 99 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, sociology is the #57 most popular major in Rhode Island.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Sociology Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Rhode Island to see which programs offered the best value experiences for sociology 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 Sociology

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI
$10,702 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Rhode Island College the best value school in Rhode Island for sociology students. RIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Providence.

RIC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,702 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, sociology graduates from RIC take out $20,072 in student loans while working on their degree.

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$15,332 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Sociology Schools in Rhode Island list. URI is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at URI are $15,332 per year. The average amount in student loans that sociology majors at URI take out is $23,125.

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#3

Providence College

Providence, RI
$55,988 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Providence College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Sociology Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Providence are $55,988 per year. Sociology majors at Providence take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Providence not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Sociology Schools in Rhode Island list.

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#4

Brown University

Providence, RI
$62,304 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Sociology Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Brown are $62,304 a year.

Brown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Sociology Schools in Rhode Island list.

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Best Value Sociology Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,035
Connecticut 382
New Hampshire 140
Maine 120
Vermont 59

Sociology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Kontos.

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