Rhode Island College Costs: Net Price at Every School
Average net price is what full-time first-time undergraduates actually paid after grant and scholarship aid (2022-23 IPEDS Student Financial Aid data, retrieved 2026-08-13). Published tuition is the 2023-24 sticker price. Sorted by average net price, lowest first. Schools that did not report net price are listed at the end.
Rhode Island has 16 degree-granting, Title IV institutions in the current federal dataset: 3 public, 12 private nonprofit, and 1 private for-profit (13 four-year and 3 two-year).
Across the 12 four-year institutions that reported net price, the average was $30,932 and the median $36,714. (IPEDS SFA 2022-23, retrieved 2026-08-13.)
Lowest-cost online options for Rhode Island residents
| School | City | Type | Avg net price | Published tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community College of Rhode Island | Warwick | public | $5,375 | $5,326 |
| Rhode Island College | Providence | public | $11,549 | $10,986 |
| Johnson & Wales University-Online | Providence | private nonprofit | $18,265 | $13,365 |
| College Unbound | Providence | private nonprofit | $18,507 | $10,488 |
| IYRS School of Technology & Trades | Newport | private nonprofit | $20,215 | Not reported |
| University of Rhode Island | Kingston | public | $20,964 | $16,408 |
| Brown University | Providence | private nonprofit | $26,608 | $68,230 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln | Lincoln | private for-profit | $30,780 | Not reported |
| Johnson & Wales University-Providence | Providence | private nonprofit | $33,480 | $40,408 |
| New England Institute of Technology | East Greenwich | private nonprofit | $36,714 | $35,625 |
| Salve Regina University | Newport | private nonprofit | $37,794 | $47,930 |
| Roger Williams University | Bristol | private nonprofit | $37,936 | $42,666 |
| Bryant University | Smithfield | private nonprofit | $40,612 | $51,169 |
| Rhode Island School of Design | Providence | private nonprofit | $42,106 | $59,760 |
| Providence College | Providence | private nonprofit | $46,645 | $60,848 |
| Roger Williams University School of Law | Bristol | private nonprofit | Not reported | Not reported |
Source: U.S. Department of Education IPEDS. Net price 2022-23, published charges 2023-24. Retrieved 2026-08-13. See methodology.