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2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$18,894 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,601 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Associate Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in Rhode Island. In total, 1,091 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Rhode Island.

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for nursing 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

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

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Nursing

Our 2023 rankings named Community College of Rhode Island the best value school in Rhode Island for nursing students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Warwick, CCRI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

CCRI undergraduate students pay an average of $4,980 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Nursing majors at CCRI take out an average of $20,467 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

CCRI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. New England Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of East Greenwich.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at New England Tech are $32,807 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, nursing graduates from New England Tech carry an average student debtload of $27,438.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, New England Tech is ranked #1 for overall quality for nursing in Rhode Island.

Read full report on Nursing at New England Institute of Technology

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 2,129
Massachusetts 6,626
Vermont 390
Connecticut 3,058
Maine 1,262

Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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