2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public Health is the 27th most popular major in the country with 38,020 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,740 and had an average of $35,895 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 159 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,500 and $28,790 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 82 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in public health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public health programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public health program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island master’s degree public health students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in Rhode Island (With Aid)

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. URI is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also made our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Health at URI

#2

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,855 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid list. Brown University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 73 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown also made our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Brown Public Health Report

#3

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$14,205 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid. New England Tech is a small private not-for-profit school situated in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. It awarded 6 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

New England Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New England Tech are $14,205, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Health at New England Institute of Technology

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (With Aid)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

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