2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in Rhode Island

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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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social sciences programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences 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 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Social Sciences at Brown University

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Rhode Island is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 1 doctorate’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also took the #2 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rhode Island are $29,082, 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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