2023 Best Value Trade School Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Trade School 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 trade school students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Top Value Trade Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Community College of Rhode Island

Warwick, Rhode Island

1,926 Total Awards

#2 in Quality in Rhode Island

$13,552 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Community College of Rhode Island the best value school in Rhode Island for trade school students working on their associate degree. CCRI is located in Warwick, Rhode Island and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1,926 associate degrees to qualified students.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCRI are $13,552 per year. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $13,250 in student loans.

CCRI does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2020-2021 about 63% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

CCRI also took the #2 spot in our Best Associate Degree Trade Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

Full Community College of Rhode Island Report

#2

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island

537 Total Awards

#1 in Quality in Rhode Island

$33,900 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and it awarded 537 associate degrees in 2021-2022.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at New England Tech are $33,900 per year. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $17,029 in student loans.

Some students may be able to take online classes at New England Tech. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 38% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

New England Tech also took the #1 spot in our Best Associate Degree Trade Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

Full New England Institute of Technology Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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