2025 Best Computer Science Schools in Rhode Island
3Colleges in Rhode Island
446CompSci Degrees Awarded
$76,986Avg Early-Career Salary
Computer Science is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #12 most popular major in the country. 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 computer science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 446 degrees in computer science annually.
The compsci program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Computer Science rankings. For our Best Overall Computer Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Computer Science Schools in Rhode Island list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of compsci degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Brown University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in computer science. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 361 computer science students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year. Those computer science students who get their degree from Brown University make $73,459 more than the average compsci student.
It's difficult to beat Johnson & Wales University - Providence if you want to pursue a degree in computer science. JWU Providence is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Providence. This university ranks 4th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 5 computer science students who graduated with this degree at JWU Providence in the most recent data year.
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It's hard to beat Rhode Island College if you want to pursue a degree in computer science. Located in the suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 6th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 44 computer science students who graduated with this degree at RIC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the compsci program report average early career earnings of $60,361.
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).
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The compsci program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Computer Science rankings. For our Best Overall Computer Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
