Rhode Island contains eleven schools that offer liberal arts and humanities programs. Brown University, the highest-ranking liberal arts and humanities school in RI, has a total student population of 8,574 and is the 9th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 11 liberal arts and humanities schools in Rhode Island, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Roger Williams University comes out as the most expensive ($31,184/yr), with Community College of Rhode Island as the lowest recorded at only $3,892/yr.
Liberal Arts and Humanities students from Rhode Island schools who go on to become liberal arts and humanities graduate professionals, designers, artists, reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Mathematicians make on average $93,920 per year and there are about 2,770 of them employed in the US today.
Also, within the liberal arts and humanities schools in Rhode Island, the average student population is 3,268 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from liberal arts and humanities, there are 763 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 7,540 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,892, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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