This Is The Best College In Rhode Island: WalletHub

PROVIDENCE, RI — Brown University is at the top of another college ranking. The Rhode Island Ivy was named the top school in the state in a new ranking from WalletHub. Also on the list: Providence College and the University of Rhode Island.

In the national ranking, Brown was named the 19th-best school in the country, not too shabby considering that more than 1,000 colleges and universities were considered.

Rhode Island's top three colleges and universities are:

1. Brown University
2. Providence College
3. University of Rhode Island

Here's how the schools fared in some of the metrics considered in the ranking.

Brown University

• 1st – Admission Rate
• 1st – Student-Faculty Ratio
• 1st – Gender & Racial Diversity
• 1st – Graduation Rate
• 1st – Post-Attendance Median Salary

Providence College

• 2nd – Admission Rate
• 3rd – Net Cost
• 2nd – Student-Faculty Ratio
• 3rd – On-Campus Crime
• 2nd – Graduation Rate
• 2nd – Post-Attendance Median Salary

University of Rhode Island

• 3rd – Admission Rate
• 2nd – Net Cost
• 1st – On-Campus Crime
• 3rd – Gender & Racial Diversity
• 3rd – Graduation Rate
• 3rd – Post-Attendance Median Salary

The top school in the country is just next door in Massachusetts. In first place, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by Harvard University in second place.

Read more and see the full ranking on WalletHub's website.