College · Private nonprofit · Providence, RI · City
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Providence, RI
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay—
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size491
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
491 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $27k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$109k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$84k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$24k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $11.0k
- Books & supplies
- $225
How students pay for it.
Pell grants69%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans65%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$13k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $5k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention75%
Watch this number.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 491
- Location
- Providence, RI
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black35%
- Hispanic32%
- White14%
- Unknown11%
- Two or more races5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- Asian1%
Part-time29%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.