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2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

4 Schools Ranked
$34,065 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,884 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. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for 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.

Top Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
349 Total Awards
$33,354 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Rhode Island the best value school in Rhode Island for nursing students working on their bachelor’s degree. URI is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 349 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

URI undergraduate students pay an average of $33,354 in tuition and fees each year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $22,038 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since URI does offer online classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 93% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

URI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

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#2

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island
161 Total Awards
$25,900 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 161 students in 2020-2021.

RIC undergraduate students pay an average of $25,900 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $24,041 in student loans.

Some students may be able to take online classes at RIC. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 100% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

RIC also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

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#3

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
37 Total Awards
$32,807 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New England Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. New England Tech is located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at New England Tech are $32,807 a year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $32,912 in loans while pursuing their degree.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at New England Tech. During the 2019-2020 year, about 38% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

New England Tech also made our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #1.

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#4

Salve Regina University

Newport, Rhode Island
79 Total Awards
$44,200 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Salve Regina University is a great place for nursing students working on their bachelor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Newport, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 79 students in 2020-2021.

Salve Regina undergraduate students pay an average of $44,200 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $24,604 in student loans.

Salve Regina does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 76% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Salve Regina not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 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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