2021 Best Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from Pakistan

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Colleges for Pakistani Students in Rhode Island ranking.

After analyzing 4 schools in Rhode Island, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Pakistani 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 Pakistan

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 Pakistani students in Rhode Island. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,987 students 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.

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

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2

Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI

$56,290 Avg Tuition & Fees

34.8% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island School of Design. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Rhode Island School of Design is a small private not-for-profit school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 438 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 34.8% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, South Korea, and Canada come to RISD to study.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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3

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

$33,354 Avg Tuition & Fees

2.6% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Pakistani students in Rhode Island. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, the fairly large public school awarded 3,855 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Around 2.6% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at URI come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea.

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4

Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Providence, RI

$35,950 Avg Tuition & Fees

5.1% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. 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.

Of the total number of students at the school, 5.1% are international. Students from as far away as China, India, and Saudi Arabia come to JWU Providence to study.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

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