2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Rhode Island

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 205,726 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, social sciences is the 5th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,801 and had an average of $23,466 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 1,179 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,069 and $22,288 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in social sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the social sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Rhode Island

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 33 degrees to qualified doctorate’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

Brown also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363.

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#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

URI also made our “Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences (Income $75-$110k)

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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