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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island School of Design. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Furniture Design and Manufacturing for a Bachelor’s. RISD is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
RISD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Furniture Design & Manufacturing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 16 of the 2,227 students enrolled at Rhode Island School of Design were GI Bill® students, of which 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,999. In addition to receiving other benefits, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Rhode Island School of Design]](/colleges/rhode-island-school-of-design/student-life/veterans/)