2025 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Health Professions is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #1 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 325 doctor's degrees in health professions to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to health professions students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other health professions students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt health professions students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health professions related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health professions students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Health Professions Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Health Professions in Rhode Island

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for health professions students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Rhode Island Schools for a Doctorate in Health Professions

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

135 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Brown University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in health professions. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Brown University

2

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

169 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Rhode Island if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in health professions. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in health professions from University of Rhode Island

Best Health Professions Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Health Professions Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	29	3,063
Connecticut	28	1,042
Maine	18	413
New Hampshire	16	236
Vermont	14	170

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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	135
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	126
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	47
Nursing	17

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.