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Best Colleges in Rhode Island

The strongest colleges and universities in Rhode Island, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

How this list is ranked

The strongest colleges and universities in Rhode Island, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

Schools on this list 23
Source Federal data, same records as every school page

Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank School Admit Net price SAT
1 Brown University Providence, RI 5.4% $25,184 1510-1580 See record
2 Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI 18.7% $50,507 1396-1530 See record
3 Providence College Providence, RI 51% $48,523 1250-1390 See record
4 Bryant University Smithfield, RI 65% $41,219 1190-1330 See record
5 Salve Regina University Newport, RI 68% $36,967 1160-1330 See record
6 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 72% $21,440 1020-1280 See record
7 Roger Williams University Bristol, RI 88% $37,999 1140-1310 See record
8 New England Institute of Technology East Greenwich, RI 67% $36,483 - See record
9 Johnson & Wales University-Providence Providence, RI 88% $31,027 890-1160 See record
10 Rhode Island College Providence, RI 92% $9,478 870-1120 See record
11 IYRS School of Technology & Trades Newport, RI 89% $20,525 - See record
12 Johnson & Wales University-Online Providence, RI 91% $20,252 - See record
13 COLLECTIV Academy-Cranston Cranston, RI - $20,151 - See record
14 College Unbound Providence, RI - $21,108 - See record
15 College Unbound - Newport/Aquidneck Island Newport, RI - - - See record
16 Community College of Rhode Island Warwick, RI - $6,513 - See record
17 Empire Beauty School-Warwick Providence, RI - $22,794 - See record
18 Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln Lincoln, RI - $27,578 - See record
19 MotoRing Technical Training Institute East Providence, RI - $30,141 - See record
20 New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Rhode Island Pawtucket, RI - $15,866 - See record
21 Paul Mitchell the School-Rhode Island Cranston, RI - $25,666 - See record
22 Rob Roy Academy - Woonsocket Woonsocket, RI - - - See record
23 Roger Williams University School of Law Bristol, RI - - - See record