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deadl0ckx2 t1_j8bg0vp wrote

Reply to comment by iarmit in Why does Rhode Island College have such a negative reputation? Is it that bad? by PinkSwallowLove

It’s not RIC’s location. It’s a prestige thing. URI is a flagship state school - RIC isn’t. URI has 14,500 undergrads to RIC’s 7,500 and 3500 grad students to RIC’s 1500. URI is D1 sports across the board. RIC IS D3.

Also, URI has a few relatively well-known programs (Oceanography/Ocean Engineering, Engineering, and Pharmacy). RIC isn’t really known for anything.

It’s not because it’s in “the bad part” of the state. If that was the case, schools like PC and JWU wouldn’t be as respected as they are.

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Status_Silver_5114 t1_j8biybm wrote

It’s actually known for its education department. Historically was also a commuter school (and probably still is somewhat) so if you want the stereotypical residential college life and D1 sports this isn’t it. But is way cheaper.

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anotheronebytesdust t1_j8cmsy4 wrote

Yeah education, art/music, and a lot of humanities are way better at RIC. When I was at URI, it was clear they had invested approximately $0 in anything that wasn’t STEM, student housing, or communications (for some reason).

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iarmit t1_j8bkf2m wrote

It's still very much so a commuter school. The dorms are highly underutilized, which does cause some financial pressure I would wager

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iarmit t1_j8bjtui wrote

"The bad part" was what I heard every time my buddy (from western Coventry) mentioned he was planning on going to RIC. As to the prestige/flagship/etc of RIC and URI... yeah, one's a college and one's a university. Frankly, someone shouldn't let sports dictate their choice unless they're going on a sports scholarship.

All's I'm saying is I think RIC is a perfectly acceptable school that gets a bad wrap partly because (my opinion, based on my experiences) some folks in the state are scared of cities and brown people.

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