by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Providence College was awarded 436 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is educational administration.
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Providence landed the #120 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Providence held the #199 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Providence also holds the #2 spot on the Best Colleges in Rhode Island ranking.
If you're applying to Providence College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 58%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 43% of students accepted to Providence submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 670. Math scores were between 550 and 660.
The student to faculty ratio at Providence is an impressive 11 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Providence College is 64%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Providence College has a freshmen retention rate of 92%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Providence for first-time, full-time students is 84%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,298 undergraduates at Providence with 4,098 being full-time and 200 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19,043 | $18,864 | $26,014 | $32,754 | $48,172 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Providence, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Providence, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $9,903 a year. That adds up to $39,612 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Providence is 1.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Get more details about the location of Providence College.
Contact details for Providence are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Cunningham Square, Providence, RI 02918-0001 |
| Phone: | 401-865-1000 |
| Website: | www.providence.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/providencecollege |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/providencecol |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 215 | $45,573 |
| Marketing | 114 | $50,440 |
| Business Administration & Management | 112 | $52,956 |
| General Biology | 88 | $34,026 |
| General Psychology | 77 | $36,775 |
| Accounting | 70 | $63,900 |
| Economics | 62 | $48,405 |
| Political Science & Government | 57 | $36,317 |
| Special Education | 41 | $40,466 |
| History | 37 | $22,583 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 89 students took at least one online class at Providence College. This is a decrease from the 4,480 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 89 | 34 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,480 | 359 |
| 2018-2019 | 91 | 22 |
| 2017-2018 | 100 | 22 |
| 2016-2017 | 63 | 25 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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