A degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #7 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 667 degrees in engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Engineering Schools in Rhode Island.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the engineering degree levels they offer.
Every student who is interested in engineering has to look into Brown University. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 187 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the engineering major at Brown University earn $9,534 above the average college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
It's hard to beat University of Rhode Island if you wish to pursue a degree in engineering. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were about 391 engineering students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the engineering program make an average of $64,173 in the first couple years of working.
Roger Williams University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in engineering. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 7th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were about 47 engineering students who graduated with this degree at RWU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering program report average early career wages of $63,251.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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