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2023 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

3 Schools Ranked
$91,030 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Salve Regina University

Newport, Rhode Island
13 Total Awards
$12,190 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Salve Regina University the best school in Rhode Island for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Salve Regina is a private not-for-profit institution located in Newport, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 doctor’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Salve Regina. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 96% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

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#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
233 Total Awards
$16,858 Average Tuition & Fees
$64,462 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, the fairly large public school awarded 233 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2021-2022.

Doctor’s Degree recipients from URI accumulate an average of $64,462 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

One thing to take note of is that URI does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 29% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

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#3

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island
23 Total Awards
$9,788 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 23 students in 2021-2022.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at RIC. In 2020-2021 about 39% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 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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