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2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
19 Degrees Awarded
$10,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor's in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 17,269 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,859 and had an average of $42,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 64 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,700 and $37,670 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The public admin 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 Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island bachelor’s degree public admin students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Rhode Island (With Aid)

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island College landed the #1 spot on the list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public admin degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

RIC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rhode Island College is $10,922 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students with aid.

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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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