Providence College

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Location: Northeast
Setting: Mid-size City Setting
Type: Private
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Size: Medium (2,000 to 5,000 Undergrad)
Mascot: Friars
Nickname: PC
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Providence College From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
This page refers to a college in Rhode Island. For the college in Manitoba, see Providence College and Theological Seminary.

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:

"Widely hailed by educators as one of the finest and most academically ambitious programs in the country, the Development of Western Civilization Program is the cornerstone of the Providence College Core Curriculum. The required two-year interdisciplinary program is taken during the freshman and sophomore years.
Civ is taught chronologically and each course covers the areas of history, philosophy, literature, theology, and the fine arts, throughout all of the most prominent Civilizations in History. It is team-taught by four faculty members from each of these disciplines sharing their thoughts and perspective on the events, art, literature, thoughts, and religious ideals of the time.
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Students & Campus Life
Undergraduate Enrollment: 4,302
On Campus Housing: Available
Full Time Students: 100%
Athletic Programs: Available
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Expenses
Average Tuition: $ 25,310
Students Receiving Aid: 81%
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Admissions
Application Fee: $ 55
Selectivity: Highly Selective
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 100%
Part-Time 0%
Men vs. Women
Women 56%
Men 44%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 79%
Other 17%
Hispanic 2%
Asian 1%
African-American 1%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
Out-of-State 90%
In-State 10%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Massachusetts 35%
Connecticut 16%
New York 16%
Rhode Island 10%
New Jersey 6%
Percent of Students International: 0%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 71%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: Yes

Athletics

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  
Federal Grants:
$ 5,389 7%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 1,049 7%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 11,038 67%  
Student Loans:
$ 3,535 66%  
Any Aid:
  81%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 54% (Highly Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 98%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 550, Math: 560
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 630, Math: 650

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

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

Degree Programs at Providence College

Associate's Level Majors
Bachelor's Level Majors

Certificate Programs at Providence College

Career Education Majors

College Advice

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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.
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
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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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