2021 Best Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from Ghana

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 Colleges for Ghanaian Students in Rhode Island ranking is part of that endeavor.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for Ghanaian students in Rhode Island. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the total number of international students at the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another.

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Top Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from Ghana

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Bryant University
Smithfield, RI

$47,782 Avg Tuition & Fees

5.6% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named Bryant University the best school for Ghanaian students in Rhode Island working on their bachelor’s degree. Bryant is a private not-for-profit institution located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 884 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 5.6% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Bryant are China, India, and Canada.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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2

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

$33,354 Avg Tuition & Fees

2.6% International Students

Out of the 2 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, the fairly large public school awarded 3,855 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 2.6% are international. Students studying at URI come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.