2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from Jamaica

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its Best Value Colleges for Jamaican 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 Jamaican students in Rhode Island. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall value 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 Value Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from Jamaica

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Providence, RI

$35,950 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

5.1% International Students

Our analysis found Johnson & Wales University - Providence to be the best affordable school for Jamaican students in Rhode Island in this year’s ranking. JWU Providence is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 1,075 bachelor’s degrees 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. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at JWU Providence runs, on average, about $35,950. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $14,706 per year.

Full Johnson & Wales University - Providence Report

2

Bryant University
Smithfield, RI

$47,782 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

5.6% International Students

A rank of #2 on our list means Bryant University is a great place for Jamaican students in Rhode Island working on their bachelor’s degree. Bryant is a private not-for-profit institution located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 884 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 5.6% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at Bryant are China, India, and Canada. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Bryant runs, on average, about $47,782. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $47,720 per year.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Bryant University 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.