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Providence College is a private Catholic university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1917 by the Dominican Order and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence , it offers 47 undergraduate majors and 17 graduate programs.
The newest college is College Unbound, a degree completion school in Providence. [5] Enrollment sizes range from College Unbound at 208 students to the University of Rhode Island, the state's flagship public university, with 20,720 students.
Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.It is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
The Program in Liberal Medical Education is a single eight-year program that allows students to complete both an undergraduate degree (A.B. or Sc.B.) from The College and subsequently an M.D. degree from Alpert Medical School. Admission to PLME is highly competitive; in 2015, 90 students were granted admission out of an applicant pool of 2,290. [6]
[15] [16] The law school additionally offers joint degree programs, including master's programs in business administration, criminal justice, cybersecurity and preservation; the law school offers joint degrees in marine affairs and labor relations/human resources in conjunction with the University of Rhode Island.
In October 1967, Earl S. Tupper, alumnus and inventor of Tupperware, donated his 428-acre (1.73 km 2) hillside estate to Bryant College for the creation of the new campus. To thank Tupper, Bryant named the campus after him and awarded him a second degree, an honorary Ph.D. in Humane Letters. In 1971, the university moved to the new campus.
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