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2023 Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

3 Schools Ranked
$38,829 Avg Student Debt

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island
240 Total Awards
$9,788 Average Tuition & Fees
$25,213 Avg Student Debt

Our 2023 rankings named Rhode Island College the most popular school in Rhode Island for nursing students working on their master’s degree. RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 240 master’s degrees to qualified students.

By the time they get their master’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $25,213 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 81% were women.

RIC does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 39% took at least some of their classes online.

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#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
681 Total Awards
$16,858 Average Tuition & Fees
$29,309 Avg Student Debt

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Rhode Island is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree. University of Rhode Island is a fairly large public school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 681 master’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Master’s Degree recipients from URI accumulate an average of $29,309 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 61% of those degree recipients were women.

URI does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 29% took at least some of their classes online.

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#3

Salve Regina University

Newport, Rhode Island
206 Total Awards
$12,190 Average Tuition & Fees
$26,194 Avg Student Debt

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Salve Regina University is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Salve Regina is located in Newport, Rhode Island and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 206 master’s degrees to qualified students.

Master’s Degree recipients from Salve Regina accumulate an average of $26,194 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 60% were women.

Salve Regina does have options available for those who want to take online graduate 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, 96% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 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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