Colleges in Rhode Island
Solyo has full profiles for 5 colleges in Rhode Island: 1 public, 4 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $31,027 a year after grant aid, $9,462 above the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 51% of applicants. They sit across 2 cities, concentrated in Providence, Kingston.
What Rhode Island costs
Published in-state tuition at the median Rhode Island public university is $16,942 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at University of Rhode Island, where an out-of-state family pays $20,204 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $21,440 at University of Rhode Island to $50,507 at Rhode Island School of Design. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in Rhode Island.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective Rhode Island schools are
Brown University admits 5% of applicants and Johnson & Wales University-Providence admits 88%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in Rhode Island is 1546 at Brown University.
Every Rhode Island college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island · Private nonprofit5% acceptance · $25,184 net price · 1546 avg SAT
- Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, Rhode Island · Private nonprofit19% acceptance · $50,507 net price · 1473 avg SAT
- Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island · Private nonprofit51% acceptance · $48,523 net price · 1346 avg SAT
- University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island · Public72% acceptance · $21,440 net price · 1160 avg SAT
- Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode Island · Private nonprofit88% acceptance · $31,027 net price · 1050 avg SAT
Other Northeast states
On median net price Rhode Island is the 9th most affordable of the 9 Northeast states in this directory, and the 5th most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
- New York (27)
- Pennsylvania (26)
- Massachusetts (18)
- New Jersey (10)
- Connecticut (7)
- Maine (4)
- New Hampshire (3)
- Vermont (3)
Where to go next
- College search filter Rhode Island and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- Scholarship directory awards with published odds, filterable by state
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