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2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$22,267 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,542 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology School for You

In 2020-2021, information technology students earned 87 degrees and certificates from a Rhode Island school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Value Information Technology Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value programs for IT students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Technology Colleges.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Information Technology

$4,980 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Community College of Rhode Island to be the best value school for information technology students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. CCRI is a large public school located in the city of Warwick.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCRI are $4,980 a year.

CCRI also took the #3 spot in our Best Information Technology Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

Read full report on Information Technology at Community College of Rhode Island

$35,950 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in Rhode Island list. JWU Providence is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

JWU Providence undergraduate students pay an average of $35,950 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

JWU Providence not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Information Technology Schools in Rhode Island list.

Read full report on Information Technology at Johnson & Wales University - Providence

$15,332 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in Rhode Island list. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

URI undergraduate students pay an average of $15,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

URI also made our Best Information Technology Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #4.

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$32,807 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at New England Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best information technology schools in Rhode Island. Located in the large suburb of East Greenwich, New England Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

New England Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $32,807 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, IT majors at New England Tech accumulate an average of around $31,000 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, New England Tech is ranked #2 for overall quality for IT in Rhode Island.

Read full report on Information Technology at New England Institute of Technology

Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 397
Connecticut 74
Vermont 210
New Hampshire 50
Maine 124

Information Technology is one of 10 different types of computer science programs to choose from.

IT Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security 22,829
Network & System Administration/Administrator 5,501
Information Technology Management 4,009
Computer Support Specialist 3,176
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager 2,077
Information Technology Project Management 2,076
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster 887

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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