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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$4,980 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,660 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants School for You

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value programs for practical nursing 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Rhode Island

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for practical nursing majors pursuing a .

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

$4,980 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Community College of Rhode Island to be the best value school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. CCRI is a large public school located in the city of Warwick.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCRI are $4,980 per year.

CCRI also made our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #2.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln Technical Institute - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Rhode Island list. Lincoln Tech - Lincoln is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lincoln.

The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Lincoln Tech - Lincoln take out is $17,156. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $97.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Lincoln Technical Institute - Lincoln Report

Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 4
Massachusetts 5

Practical Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training 44,900
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide 34,557
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants 4,817

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592

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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