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Top Business Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island
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Our rankings named New England Institute of Technology the best school in Rhode Island for business students working on their associate degree.
New England Tech does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $32,807. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. Associate Degree recipients from New England Tech accumulate an average of $19,275 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Online courses are available at New England Tech, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 38% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The excellent associate degree programs at Community College of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best business schools in Rhode Island.
In-state students pay an average of $4,980 in tuition and fees if they attend CCRI full time. Out-of-state students pay an average of $13,260. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $15,624 in student loans.
Online courses are available at CCRI, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 95% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent associate degree programs at Johnson & Wales University - Providence helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best business schools in Rhode Island.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $35,950 to cover tuition and fees at JWU Providence. The school does not offer an in-state discount. On average, associate degree students take out $17,376 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at JWU Providence. During the 2019-2020 year, about 28% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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%.
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