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 in Rhode Island for Furniture Design and Manufacturing. This small school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 24 ’s furniture design and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
RISD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 2,227 students enrolled at RISD, 16 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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 received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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