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2023 Best Value Trade School 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Trade School Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Rhode Island to see which programs offered the best value experiences for trade school students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
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Top Value Trade Schools in Rhode Island
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Our analysis found Community College of Rhode Island to be the best value school for trade school students in Rhode Island. This fairly large public school is located in Warwick, Rhode Island, and it awarded 2,161 degrees in 2021-2022.
CCRI undergraduate students pay an average of $13,552 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CCRI is ranked #2 for overall quality in Rhode Island.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Schools in Rhode Island list. This fairly large public school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 4,664 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at URI are $34,362 per year.
URI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Trade Schools in Rhode Island list.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Rhode Island College is a great place for trade school students who want to get the most value for their educational dollar. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 1,614 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at RIC are $26,499 a year.
RIC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Trade Schools in Rhode Island list.
The excellent programs at New England Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade schools in Rhode Island. Located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 838 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at New England Tech are $33,900 per year.
New England Tech also made our Best Trade Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #1.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a great place for trade school students who want to get the most value for their educational dollar. JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1,577 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JWU Providence are $38,096 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, JWU Providence is ranked #3 for overall quality in Rhode Island.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 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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