2021 Best Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from Norway

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 Norwegian Students in Rhode Island ranking is part of that endeavor.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Rhode Island to determine which were the best for Norwegian 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.

Learn more about our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from Norway

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

$62,304 Avg Tuition & Fees

17.7% International Students

Brown University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for Norwegian students in Rhode Island. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, the fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1,987 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 17.7% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Brown come from such countries as China, India, and Canada.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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2

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

$33,354 Avg Tuition & Fees

2.6% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Norwegian students in Rhode Island list. University of Rhode Island is a fairly large public school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 3,855 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 2.6% of the total student body at the school. 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.