Rhode Island College

The mission of Rhode Island College is to offer accessible higher education of the finest quality to traditional and non-traditional students from around the state, the region and beyond.Rhode Island College is the oldest of the three public institutions of higher education that operates under the aegis of the Board of Governors for Higher Education.It has undergone expansion in recent decades at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The college now serves approximately 9,000 students in courses and programs on and off campus.Students here are members of a caring community that respects diversity and values academic excellence informed by cultural inquiry, civic engagement and co-curricular activity. The college offers a wide variety of liberal arts, science, and professional programs in which dedicated faculty work with students to achieve the promise of higher education: an open and inquiring mind. It is located on a 180-acre campus in the Mount Pleasant section of Providence, which provides easy access to the benefits and resources of the metropolitan area with a suburban atmosphere.