SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES
Success means something different to everyone, but there are some things all Bryant students have in common. They are innovative thinkers and problem solvers, who come to Bryant with the dive to achieve their goals and graduate inspired and well prepared to do extraordinary things. Statistics support this assertion: within six months of graduation, 98.5 percent of Bryant’s May 2006 graduates surveyed were employed or had entered graduate school.
Bryand University has experienced recent growth, building on its academic success, its student-centered approach to learning, its commitment to excellence within technology, its focus on the individual, and its diverse international community.
FAST FACTS
Bryant University is a four-year, private business and liberal arts university founded in 1863
Web site http://www.bryant.edu
Location Smithfield, Rhode Island
Student Profile 3,200 students (54% male, 46% female; 31 states and territories, 32 countries
Faculty Profile 148 full-time faculty: 16.1 student/faculty ratio. Average class size is 25-30
Athletics NCAA Division II, Northeast 10 Conference, Eastern College Athletic Conference, 20 varsity sports (10 men’s, 10 women’s), 12 club sports and 10 intra mural sports
Academic Programs Actuarial mathematics; applied economics, applies psychology; business administration( concentrations in accounting, accounting information systems, computer information systems, finance, financial services, management, marketing communication); global studies, history; information technology; international business literary & cultural studies; politics & law; sociology
Costs and Aid 2010-2011: $40,954 comprehensive ($27,639 tuition), 68% of students receive som financial aid. Average award $10,446
Endowment $167 million
More Distinctions
Listed as one of the top twenty universities in U.S News & World Report’s Master’s in the North category
Listed in Barron’s Best Buys in College Education
Listed in the Princeton Review’s “Best 361 Colleges in America”
ADMISSIONS AND FINANCIAL AID
For admissions see: http://admission.bryant.edu/
For financial aid see: http://admission.bryant.edu/FinancialAid/tabid/4777/Default.aspx
CONTACT
Bryant University
1150 Douglas Pike
Smithfield, RI 02917
(800) 622-7001
Ph: (401) 432-6100
Providence College
“The only college in the nation founded and administrated by the Dominican Friars. Providence offers an educational experience with strong ties to social justice and ethical inquiry, as well as an intellectual tradition that is almost 800 years old.”
Providence, RI
http://www.providence.edu/ - [email protected]
INTRODUCTION:
Transform Yourself. Transform Society.
That’s the invitation and the promise Providence College offers to 3,900 undergraduate students each year – challenging them to engage in a life-changing educational experience. A Catholic, liberal arts college – the only one in the United States administered by the Dominican Friars – Providence has earned a national reputation for providing a distinctive education in a stimulating intellectual, spiritual and social environment.
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ENGAGED STUDENTS
Providence invites students to be deeply involved in the process by which they become – in the words of the College’s Mission Statement – “responsible and productive citizens to serve in their own society and in the greater world community.” Students develop skills to live, learn, serve and lead through diverse experiences in the classroom, on the campus and out in the world…
Many Paths
Providence students have a tradition of academic achievement: 37 percent of PC’s incoming freshmen ranked in the top 10 percent of their class, and 59 percent were in the top 20 percent of their class; the middle 50 percent for SAT scores is 520–630 for critical reading, 530–640 for math, and 540–650 for writing; the middle 50 percent for ACT scores is 23–28.
Providence College provides both curricular and cocurricular service-learning outreach to the community. Through the Feinstein Institute for Public Service, Providence College students currently provide outreach to many different community organizations. Service learning has also been incorporated into academic disciplines, including education, military science, social work, and political science. In 1996, Providence College became the first institution to offer an undergraduate degree in public and community-service studies.
Over two thousand Providence College students engage in a vast array of voluntary community-service activities each year through campus ministry and numerous other campus groups, including service in local affiliates of Habitat for Humanity and Special Olympics, as well as visiting the elderly, cheering hospitalized children, and tutoring in Providence schools.
Students also teach literacy and English as a second language to adults, work in area soup kitchens and with Meals on Wheels, prepare Thanksgiving food baskets, support HIV/AIDS ministries, beautify the neighborhood, work to improve race relations, protest domestic violence, and work to protect the environment.
The study-abroad options are designed to augment the liberal arts perspective of Providence College and are an integral component of the undergraduate academic experience. Many programs include service learning, internship, or independent study possibilities. Students study in over 47 countries in 197 full-year, semester or summer programs. Featured is the new Center for Theology & Religious Studies in Rome opening in Fall 2011 that includes a Providence College faculty resident director.
The Washington, DC Semester Program combines academic study and experiential learning in a one-semester program spent at American University in Washington, DC. In any one of a dozen areas of study, the program consists of a two-course seminar that features academic professors and professional policy makers; a one-course research project served by the excellent libraries of Washington, DC; and practical work experience in a one-course, two-day-per-week internship. Internships range from positions at the Office of the Vice President of the United States to work with the director of the National Smithsonian Museums Network.
GREAT TEACHING
Providence has a gifted faculty with a passion for teaching.