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2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from Australia

2 Colleges
$59,297 Avg Tuition & Fees*
78% Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Value Colleges for Australian Students in Rhode Island ranking.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for Australian students in Rhode Island. Our ranking methodology focuses on a number of different objective factors - such as the overall value of the school, number of total international students at the school, and the percentage of international students on campus - to make this determination.

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Top Value Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from Australia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

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Our 2021 rankings named Rhode Island School of Design the best affordable school for Australian students in Rhode Island working on their bachelor’s degree. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 438 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 34.8% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at RISD come from such countries as China, South Korea, and Canada. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at RISD is about $56,290 a year, on average. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $56,290 per year.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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Brown University
Providence, RI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1,987 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

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. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Brown runs, on average, about $62,304. Graduate students pay around $62,083 a year in average tuition and fees.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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Footnotes

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

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