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Located in Providence, Rhode Island, Providence College is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

13 Undergraduate Degrees
$51,382 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
53% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Providence College?

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Contact details for Providence are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1 Cunningham Square, Providence, RI 02918-0001
Phone: 401-865-1000
Website: www.providence.edu

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How Do I Get Into Providence?

You can apply to Providence online at: admission.providence.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Providence

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Providence?

53% Acceptance Rate
55% Of Accepted Are Women
27% Submit SAT Scores
Providence has an acceptance rate of 53%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 56%, and the acceptance rate for women is 50%.

Average Test Scores

About 27% of students accepted to Providence submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 640 and 710. Math scores were between 620 and 710.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Providence College  ( 640 to 710 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Providence College  ( 620 to 710 )
200
800
Providence received ACT scores from 9% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 28 and 35. Math scores were between 26 and 0. Composite scores were between 28 and 32.

ACT English Scores for Providence College  ( 28 to 35 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Providence College  ( 28 to 32 )
1
36

Can I Afford Providence College?

$51,382 Net Price
53% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Providence is $51,382. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Providence, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $9,903 a year. That adds up to $39,612 over four years for those students.

Providence College Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,001 Full-Time Undergraduates
55% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 4,179 undergraduate students at Providence, with 4,001 being full-time and 178 being part-time.

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There are also 492 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,001 full-time undergraduates at Providence, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Providence College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 55
Black or African American 143
Hispanic or Latino 399
White 3,093
International Students 62
Other Races/Ethnicities 249

Geographic Diversity

Rhode Island students aren't the only ones who study at Providence College. At this time, 33 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 34 countries are represented at Providence. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Vietnam, and Ireland.

Online Learning at Providence College

72 Took All Classes Online
262 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 262 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Providence has changed over the last few years.

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Providence College Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s TOTAL
Computer Science 13 13
TOTAL 13 13

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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