Rhode Island Public Two-Year Colleges

Junior Colleges, Technical Institutes, and Schools

The State of Rhode Island administers its own system of higher education which operate at least two tiers of public colleges. One being the community colleges in Rhode Island, sometimes called Rhode Island junior colleges, or Rhode Island technical institutes, and so-called "four-year" Rhode Island colleges which award bachelor's and master's degrees. The "two-year" community educational institutions provide post-secondary education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and associate's degrees in Rhode Island. The name, "community colleges" derives from the fact that "two-year" colleges primarily accept, and attract, students from the Rhode Island local community

The Rhode Island General Assembly passed legislation in 1960 creating a statewide community college system. The first community college campus opened its doors in 1964. In 1969, a statewide campus master plan was unveiled, and the following year, Rhode Island voters approved a massive bond issue to build a new campus and plan a third. In 1980, the Rhode Island Board of Regents for Education approved a change in the name of the college from Rhode Island Junior College to the Community College of Rhode Island, a single-college, three-campus system.

Rhode Island College Degrees, Certificates, & Diplomas

Rhode Island Community Colleges and Two Year Colleges

Community College of Rhode Island

Rhode Island Colleges

Colleges and universities in Rhode Island tend to excel in a wide variety of disciplines and sports despite the relative small size of this New England state. This is because many of the campuses are anything but small.

Johnson & Wales University

Lincoln Tech®

RI Online Degrees

A college degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by Rhode Island institutions of higher education, such as colleges or universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study.

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