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2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from Sweden

3 Colleges
$51,515 Avg Tuition & Fees*
70% Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Value Colleges for Swedish Students in Rhode Island ranking is part of that endeavor.

Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for Swedish students in Rhode Island. Instead of depending on subjective information, we focus on objective factors to determine this ranking. These factors include such things as the total number of international students at the school and the school's overall value.

Find out more about our ranking methodology.

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Top Value Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from Sweden

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

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Johnson & Wales University - Providence tops this year’s ranking as the best value school for Swedish students in Rhode Island. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,075 students in 2020-2021.

Around 5.1% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at JWU Providence come from such countries as China, India, and Saudi Arabia. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at JWU Providence is about $35,950 a year, on average. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $14,706 per year.

Full Johnson & Wales University - Providence Report

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Rhode Island School of Design helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Swedish students in Rhode Island. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 438 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 34.8% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at RISD are China, South Korea, and Canada. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at RISD is about $56,290 a year, on average. Graduate students pay around $56,290 a year in average tuition and fees.

The impressive 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.

Full Rhode Island School of Design Report

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Brown crest
Brown University
Providence, RI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. Brown is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1,987 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 17.7% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Brown are China, India, and Canada. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Brown runs, on average, about $62,304. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $62,083 per year.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Brown University Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 3 schools only.

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