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It's not easy to decide which business program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Business Degree Central has created the <nil> to help you in your search for the best school for you. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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Top Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Providence College

Providence, Rhode Island

Our analysis found Providence College to be the best school for business students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Rhode Island.

Online graduate courses are available at Providence, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 75% took at least some of their classes online.

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#2

Salve Regina University

Newport, Rhode Island
$11,730 Average Tuition & Fees
$18,943 Avg Student Debt

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Salve Regina University is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate.

On average, graduate certificate students take out $18,943 in loans while pursuing their degree.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Salve Regina. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 91% took at least some of their classes online.

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#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
$16,322 Average Tuition & Fees
$22,817 Avg Student Debt

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Rhode Island is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,817 in student loans.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since URI does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 65% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#4

Bryant University

Smithfield, Rhode Island
$47,720 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Bryant University landed the # 4 spot on the list.

One thing to take note of is that Bryant does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 33% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#5

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island
$9,590 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Rhode Island College is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate.

Online graduate courses are available at RIC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 99% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 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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