2025 Best General Psychology Schools in Rhode Island
7Colleges in Rhode Island
645Psychology Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in general psychology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #4 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Psychology Schools in Rhode Island ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 645 degrees in general psychology annually.
Your choice of general psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for General Psychology in Rhode Island
The schools below may not offer all types of psychology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Rhode Island is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in general psychology. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 230 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent year we have data available.
Providence College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general psychology. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #132 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Providence is a great college overall.
There were about 102 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Providence in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Bryant University if you wish to pursue a degree in general psychology. Bryant is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Smithfield. A Best Colleges rank of #84 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Bryant is a great university overall.
There were about 21 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Bryant in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in general psychology needs to look into Salve Regina University. Located in the suburb of Newport, Salve Regina is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 440th out of 2,152 colleges for overall quality nationwide.
There were roughly 42 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at Salve Regina in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 6th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 149 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at RIC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 7th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 62 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at RWU in the most recent year we have data available.
JWU Providence is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Providence. A Best Colleges rank of #236 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means JWU Providence is a great university overall.
There were roughly 31 general psychology students who graduated with this degree at JWU Providence in the most recent data year.
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Notes and References
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.
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Your choice of general psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
