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2023 Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

2 Schools Ranked
$19,495 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$14,858 Avg Student Debt

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which associate degree programs offered the best educational experiences for nursing students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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Top Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
537 Total Awards
$33,900 Average Tuition & Fees
$17,029 Avg Student Debt

Our 2023 rankings named New England Institute of Technology the best school in Rhode Island for nursing students working on their associate degree. Located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 537 diplomas to qualifed associate degree students in 2021-2022.

If you want to attend New England Tech, expect to pay an average of $33,900 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $17,029 in student loans.

One thing to take note of is that New England Tech does offer online classes in some areas. 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.

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#2

Community College of Rhode Island

Warwick, Rhode Island
1,926 Total Awards
$5,090 Average Tuition & Fees
$13,250 Avg Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Rhode Island landed the # 2 spot on the list. Community College of Rhode Island is a fairly large public school located in Warwick, Rhode Island that handed out 1,926 associate degrees in 2021-2022.

In-state students pay an average of $5,090 in tuition and fees if they attend CCRI full time. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $13,552. On average, associate degree students take out $13,250 in loans while pursuing their degree.

Online courses are available at CCRI, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 63% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

Full Community College of Rhode Island Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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