2025 Best Education Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Ranked #2 in popularity, education is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for education students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 364 master's degrees in education to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Education School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of education for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality education program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of education students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for education to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for education students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Education Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Education Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Education in Rhode Island

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in education.

Top Rhode Island Schools for a Master's in Education

1

Rhode Island College
Providence, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

114 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Rhode Island College if you want to pursue a master's degree in education. RIC is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Providence.More information about a master’s in education from Rhode Island College

2

Providence College
Providence, RI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

102 Annual Graduates

Providence College is a good decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in education. Providence is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Providence.More information about a master’s in education from Providence College

3

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

55 Annual Graduates

University of Rhode Island is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in education. URI is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Kingston.More information about a master’s in education from University of Rhode Island

Best Education Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Education Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	34	5,741
Connecticut	30	1,554
New Hampshire	27	842
Maine	27	480
Vermont	25	287

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Education Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Educational Administration	76
Teacher Education Subject Specific	68
Special Education	63
Teaching English or French	36
Other Education	35
Student Counseling	30
General Education	28
Teacher Education Grade Specific	28

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Library Science	59

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Horadrim. More about our data sources and methodologies.