2021 Best Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from Italy

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for international students. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Italian Students in Rhode Island ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

After analyzing 2 schools in Rhode Island, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Italian students in Rhode Island. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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We know that one set of rankings doesn't always help you determine the best school for you, so we've created the ability to narrow your list by location as well as alternative rankings that prioritize different factors such as those of importance to online students or returning adults or those who value diversity and value for your money.

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Top Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from Italy

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

$62,304 Avg Tuition & Fees

17.7% International Students

Our analysis found Brown University to be the best school for Italian students in Rhode Island in this year’s ranking. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, the fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1,987 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 17.7% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as China, India, and Canada come to Brown to study.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Brown University

2

Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI

$56,290 Avg Tuition & Fees

34.8% International Students

Out of the 2 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island School of Design landed the #2 spot on the list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 438 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 34.8% are international. Students from as far away as China, South Korea, and Canada come to RISD to study.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Rhode Island School of Design Report

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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.