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Roger Williams University

Breakdown of “Surrounding City” at RWU

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By Gender
MalesC
FemalesB-
By Major
AccountingC+
ArchitectureC+
Art & Design DepartmentC-
BiologyC-
Business - Management and AdministrationC
ChemistryC+
Civil EngineeringC-
CommunicationsB
Computer ScienceC
CriminalB-
Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etcB
EconomicsA+
EducationB-
Engineering DepartmentC+
EnglishB+
FinanceC+
Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etcB-
History/Histories (art history/etc.)C+
MathC-
OtherB-
Perfomance ArtsB
PhilosophyB
Political ScienceC+
PsychologyB-
Public HealthD+
UndecidedD

Against similar schools

Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class.

Roger Williams University
 C+
Average of All Schools
 B-
Average of schools in class
 B

University of Massachusetts - Amherst
 B
Harvard University
 B+
Brown University
 A-
Princeton University
 C+
Yale University
 B
Cornell University
 B-
Stanford University
 B-
F
A+

Surrounding City

... To me, Providence is a poor excuse for a city, so unless you want to go shopping at the mall, don't expect much more to do ...Read full comment
... Maintainance was always late, the campus looks like the aftermath of a mass riot, the city is a pit, the place just feels cold ...Read full comment
... It is fun to go into the city which is 40 minutes away, however ...Read full comment
... i have been to all aspects of the social life, from partying and going out at nights, smoking to numb the boredom, and just about everything, an...Read full comment
... Although the school is not located in a city Providence and Newport are not more than a half hour away each ...Read full comment
... For a smaller city it has quite the club and bar scene ...Read full comment
... It's out of the way enough so you are not right in the city, but you are still only about 45 minutes either way from Newport or Providence, both ...Read full comment
... drawbacks: While it is in a beautiful NE Town on the water, it is a pain to get to a nearby city (Providence and Newport are equally as far away)...Read full comment
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