2023 Most Popular Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island
It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
The Most Popular 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. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
Most Popular Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island
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Our analysis found Community College of Rhode Island to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a associate degree in Rhode Island. CCRI is a fairly large public school situated in Warwick, Rhode Island. It awarded 1,926 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
Full-time students from Rhode Island pay an average of $5,090 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend CCRI. Out-of-state students pay an average of $13,552. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $13,250 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 63% were women.
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. During the 2020-2021 year, about 63% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Out of the 2 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, New England Institute of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 537 associate degree awards in 2021-2022.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $33,900 to cover tuition and fees at New England Tech. The school does not offer an in-state discount. On average, associate degree students take out $17,029 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 43% were women.
New England Tech 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. In fact, around 38% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 2 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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