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2022 Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
218 Degrees Awarded
$13,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor's in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General English Literature is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 41,945 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general English literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,525 and had an average of $23,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 241 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,475 and $21,675 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 218 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general English literature. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general English literature programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general English literature program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General English Literature (Income $0-$30k) in Rhode Island

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brown University is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 76 bachelors’s English degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. It costs about $201 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree English students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Brown.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Brown General English Literature Report

#2

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k. Rhode Island College is a medium-sized public school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 55 bachelors’s English degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. It costs about $7,691 for rhode island bachelor’s degree english students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend RIC.

Full RIC General English Literature Report

#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #3 spot on the list. URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s English degrees to qualified students.

URI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. It costs about $14,309 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree English students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Rhode Island.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about General English Literature at University of Rhode Island

#4

Providence College

Providence, Rhode Island

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Providence College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k list. Providence College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 29 bachelors’s English degrees in 2019-2020.

Providence also took the #2 spot in our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Providence is $19,328 for rhode island bachelor’s degree english students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on General English Literature at Providence

#5

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the #5 spot on the list. Roger Williams University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bristol, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

RWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. The estimated yearly cost for RWU is $27,136 for rhode island bachelor’s degree english students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about General English Literature at RWU

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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