| Location: | Northeast |
| Setting: | Mid-size City Setting |
| Type: | Private |
| Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
| Size: | Medium (2,000 to 5,000 Undergrad) |
| Mascot: | Friars |
| Nickname: | PC |
Providence College is a Catholic college in Providence, Rhode Island, the state's capital city. With a 2004-2005 enrollment of about 3,900 undergraduate students and about 900 graduate students, the college is known for its programs in the liberal arts and sciences. Founded in 1917, Providence College has been ranked by US News and World Report as one of the top two Regional Colleges in the Northeast for the past nine consecutive years. Furthermore, it is the only college or university in North America administered by the Dominican Order of Friars (Dominican College of California, Aquinas College of Michigan, and St. Thomas Aquinas College in New York all have Dominican heritage, but none is administered on a day-to-day basis by the Dominicans).
The Providence College campus is located near River Avenue, about two miles (3.3 km) northwest of downtown Providence.
Providence College offers fifty majors and twenty-four minors and is one of the few schools in the country that requires all its students to complete 20 credits in the Development of Western Civilization, which serves as a major part of the college's core curriculum. As put forth on the college website:
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| Percent of Students International: | 0% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 71% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | Yes |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Basketball (Big East Conference) Track (Big East Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 25,310 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 24,800 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 510 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
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$ 5,389 | 7% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 1,049 | 7% | |
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$ 11,038 | 67% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 3,535 | 66% | |
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81% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 54% (Highly Selective) |
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| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 98% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 550, Math: 560 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 630, Math: 650 |
| Application Fee: | $ 55.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Recommended |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Required |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
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Both of these schools are highly respected, but they are both kind of second level schools behind their more famous cousin schools like Boston College, Georgetown or Notre Dame.
You will get a good education at either one of these schools. I personally would tend to favor PC over Holy Cross because PC is in a nicer city with more going on (in Providence there are six other colleges full of students to meet including Ivy League Brown), but there is really little to choose between them.
Try to visit them before you decide.
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What do you think of Providence College?
The bad? The good? I'm accepted there as an undeclared major and want to be a pre-med student. What do you think?
20 months ago
Best Answer
First, congratulations! Providence is a solid school. I like its location, and the size is great - small enough that you can get personal attention, but large enough that it is not claustrophobic. Their Biology and chemistry departments are both good, but I do not have specific numbers on their admissions to medical school.
Students at Providence come mainly from the Northeast, and tend to be middle and upper middle class. There is not much racial diversity, and a high percentage of students are Roman Catholic and tend to be more conservative that at many other colleges. I don't like to stereotype any school as a "party school" because really there is partying at MOST schools.
My advice would be to visit now that you have been admitted, even if you have visited in the past. Ask admissions about who you can talk to about Providence's pre-med advising program, and ask that person for specific numbers of how many students apply to med school and are accepted. Also ask admissions to arrange for you to sit in on some classes and stay overnight in the dorms. Talk to students, walk around campus, just see how you feel. That's the best way to figure out if it's the right school for you! Good luck!
Carolyn Lawrence, www.AdmissionsAdvice.com
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