Alternatives to Rhode Island School of Design
Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, NHAssociate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $15k. Moderately priced on-campus housing. Roughly 164,100 students. Generally safe campus. Top offerings include management, business, and psychology programs. ROTC programs. SAT 990 to enroll.
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MAAssociate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Outstanding retention rate. Tuition: $53k. Premium on-campus housing. Approximately 30,700 students. Very dangerous campus. Has strong management, business, and education programs. SAT 1530, ACT 35 to enroll.
Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MABachelor's and master's degrees. Tuition: $27k. Above average on-campus housing option. Around 2,000 students. Generally safe campus. Best known for art, graphic design and animation, and computer science programs. SAT 1080, ACT 24 to enroll.
Boston UniversityBoston, MABachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Excellent retention rate. Tuition: $61k. Above average on-campus housing. Around 36,800 students. Dangerous campus. Strong emphasis on management, medical, and biology programs. SAT 1400, ACT 33 to enroll.
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, MAAssociate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Tuition: $38k. Premium on-campus housing. Around 4,000 students. Very dangerous campus. Emphasis on engineering, construction, and computer science programs. ROTC programs are offered. SAT 1180, ACT 28 to enroll.
University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst, MAAssociate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Excellent retention rate. Tuition: $37k. Moderately priced on-campus housing option. Over 32,300 students. Very dangerous campus. Has strong business, management, and medical programs. ACT 31 to enroll.
Roger Williams UniversityBristol, RIAssociate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Tuition: $41k. Above average on-campus housing option. Over 4,400 students. Very dangerous campus. Well known for criminal justice, architecture, and paralegal programs. ROTC programs. ACT 28 to enroll.
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CTBachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Outstanding retention rate. Tuition: $62k. Above average on-campus housing option. Around 14,800 students. Very dangerous campus. Has strong management, business, and biology programs. SAT 1540, ACT 34 to enroll.
University of HartfordWest Hartford, CTAssociate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $43k. Moderately priced on-campus housing option. Roughly 5,800 students. Very dangerous campus. Best known for business, management, and medical programs. ROTC programs. ACT 26 to enroll.
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MABachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Outstanding student retention rate. Tuition: $58k. Above average on-campus housing. About 11,900 students. Dangerous campus. Emphasis on engineering, management, and computer science programs. SAT 1540, ACT 36 to enroll.
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Brown UniversityProvidence, RIBachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Outstanding student retention rate. Tuition: $63k. Above average on-campus housing. Around 11,200 students. Very dangerous campus. Has strong presence in medical, computer science, and biology programs. SAT 1530, ACT 35 to enroll.
Johnson & Wales University ProvidenceProvidence, RIAssociate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $38k. Premium on-campus housing option. Over 4,600 students. Very dangerous campus. Best known for culinary, management, and business programs. ROTC programs. ACT 26 to enroll.
Providence CollegeProvidence, RIAssociate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Excellent retention rate. Tuition: $57k. Above average on-campus housing. Roughly 4,500 students. Very dangerous campus. Popular management, accounting and finance, and business programs. SAT 1300, ACT 30 to enroll.
Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, RIBachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $25k. Moderately priced on-campus housing. Over 5,800 students. Relatively safe campus. Well known for their nursing, education, and psychology programs. ROTC programs are offered. SAT 960, ACT 22 to enroll.
Bryant UniversitySmithfield, RIBachelor's and master's degrees. Great student retention rate. Tuition: $48k. Above average on-campus housing option. Over 3,600 students. Very dangerous campus. Emphasis on management, accounting and finance, and business programs. SAT 1210, ACT 30 to enroll.
New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, RIAssociate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $32k. Above average on-campus housing option. Over 1,900 students. Generally safe campus. Known for nursing, computer science, and engineering programs.