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2021 Best Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from India

5 Colleges
$47,136 Avg Tuition & Fees*
67% Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*

When it comes to choosing a college, international students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Indian Students in Rhode Island ranking - to help you make that decision.

Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for Indian students in Rhode Island. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

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Top Colleges in Rhode Island for Students from India

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

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Brown University
Providence, RI

Our analysis found Brown University to be the best school for Indian students in Rhode Island in this year’s ranking. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 1,987 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 17.7% are international. Students from as far away as China, India, and Canada come to Brown to study.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island School of Design. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Indian students in Rhode Island list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 438 students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 34.8% of the total student body at the school. Students studying at RISD come from such countries as China, South Korea, and Canada.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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Bryant University
Smithfield, RI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bryant University. The school came in at #3 in this year’s ranking. Smithfield, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 884 students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 5.6% are international. Students studying at Bryant come from such countries as China, India, and Canada.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

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Out of the 5 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, the fairly large public school handed out 3,855 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 2.6% are international. Students studying at URI come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea.

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Out of the 5 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1,075 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Around 5.1% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, India, and Saudi Arabia come to JWU Providence to study.

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Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 5 schools only.

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