2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in Rhode Island (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Physical Sciences is the 18th most popular major in the country with 52,879 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,122 and had an average of $22,339 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 252 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,139 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical sciences 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 physical sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The physical sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in Rhode Island (With Aid)

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#2 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 Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

URI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physical Sciences at University of Rhode Island

#2

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s physical sciences degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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