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Rhode Island colleges: career services and alumni support

14 colleges in Rhode Island, and the job market their graduates enter. A career services or alumni staff member can claim their college’s page and set up a free workspace.

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The Rhode Island job market

  • 2.9%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

  • 14

    colleges listed

    Source: IPEDS and the College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education

Rhode Island workforce boards · Rhode Island by county and city

Colleges in Rhode Island

Colleges in Rhode Island
CollegeCityTypeStudentsClaim
Brown UniversityProvidencePrivate nonprofit 4-year7,226Claim page
Bryant UniversitySmithfieldPrivate nonprofit 4-year3,194Claim page
College UnboundProvidencePrivate nonprofit 4-year491Claim page
Community College of Rhode IslandWarwickPublic 2-year11,171Claim page
Johnson & Wales University-OnlineProvidencePrivate nonprofit 4-year2,202Claim page
Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidencePrivate nonprofit 4-year3,868Claim page
New England Institute of TechnologyEast GreenwichPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,718Claim page
Providence CollegeProvidencePrivate nonprofit 4-year4,229Claim page
Rhode Island CollegeProvidencePublic 4-year5,049Claim page
Rhode Island School of DesignProvidencePrivate nonprofit 4-year2,084Claim page
Roger Williams UniversityBristolPrivate nonprofit 4-year3,946Claim page
Roger Williams University School of LawBristolPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Salve Regina UniversityNewportPrivate nonprofit 4-year2,121Claim page
University of Rhode IslandKingstonPublic 4-year13,381Claim page

College career fairs and employer events in Rhode Island

Career fairs and employer events at colleges, plus hiring and business events nearby.

Sources: college directory from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), 2-year and 4-year public, private non-profit and for-profit institutions; unemployment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Rhode Island unemployment benefits.

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