2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science (Income $30-$48k) in Rhode Island

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Biological Science Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Biological & Physical Science is the 36th most popular major in the country with 29,162 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biological and physical science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,647 and had an average of $18,790 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 44 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological and physical science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biological and physical science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island doctor’s degree biological science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science (Income $30-$48k) in Rhode Island

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Science Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 15 doctorate’s biological science degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also made our “Best Biological & Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082.

Read full report on Biological & Physical Science at URI

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Physical Science (Income $30-$48k)

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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