thumb|Map of colleges and universities in Rhode Island
This is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. There are currently 13 accredited, degree-granting institutions operating in the state, including two research universities, a community college, and a school of art.
Two of the state's public institutions are administered by the Rhode Island Board of Education. The other, the University of Rhode Island, is overseen by its own board of trustees. The state operates two public universities, the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College, as well as the Community College of Rhode Island, which offers degrees at six locations. The Naval War College, operated by the federal United States Navy, is located in Newport. The oldest school in the state is Brown University, a member of the Ivy League and the only Rhode Island institution founded before the American Revolution. The newest college is College Unbound, a degree completion school in Providence. Enrollment sizes range from College Unbound at 494 students to the University of Rhode Island, the state's flagship public university, with 17,210 students.
The institutions included on this list are all regionally accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
Institutions
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! School
! Location(s)
! Control
|-
| align="left"|Bryant University
| Smithfield
| align="left" | Private
| Master's university
| align="center" | 3,636
| align="center" | 1863
|-
| align="left"|College Unbound
| Providence
| align="left" | Private
| Special-focus institution
| align="center" | 494
| align="center" | 2009
|-
| align="left"|Community College of Rhode Island
| 6 locations
| align="left" | Public
| Associate's college
| align="center" | 12,275
| align="center" | 1964
|-
| align="left"|Johnson & Wales University
| Providence
| align="left" | Private
| Master's university
| align="center" | 4,303
| align="center" | 1914
|-
| align="left"|Naval War College
| Newport
| align="left" | Public<br /><small>(Federal)</small>
| Master's university
| align="center" | N/A
| align="center" | 1884
|-
| align="left"|New England Institute of Technology
| East Greenwich
| align="left" | Private
| Doctoral university
| align="center" | 1,922
| align="center" | 1940
|-
| align="left"|Providence College
| Providence
| align="left" | Private<br /><small>(Catholic)</small>
| Master's university
| align="center" | 4,666
| align="center" | 1917
|-
| align="left"|Rhode Island College
| Providence
| align="left" | Public
| Master's university
| align="center" | 6,155
| align="center" | 1854
|-
| align="left"|Rhode Island School of Design
| Providence
| align="left" | Private
| School of art
| align="center" | 2,520
| align="center" | 1877
|-
| align="left"|Roger Williams University
| Bristol
| align="left" | Private
| Master's university
| align="center" | 4,834
| align="center" | 1956
|-
| align="left"|Salve Regina University
| Newport
| align="left" | Private<br /><small>(Catholic)</small>
| Master's university
| align="center" | 2,791
| align="center" | 1934
|-
| align="left"|University of Rhode Island
| Kingston
| align="left" | Public
| Doctoral university
| align="center" | 17,210
| align="center" | 1892
|}
<gallery widths="150" heights="150">
File:Brown's University Hall in 2007.jpg|University Hall at Brown University
File:Academic Innovation Center, Bryant University.jpg|The Academic Innovation Center at Bryant University
File:Community College of Rhode Island Knight Campus.jpg|Community College of Rhode Island, Knight Campus
File:Snowden Hall, Johnson & Wales University Providence.jpg|Snowden Hall at Johnson & Wales University
File:Luce Hall, NWC (cropped).jpg|Luce Hall at Naval War College
File:Providence College Ruane Center for the Humanities.jpg|The Ruane Center at Providence College
File:Rhode Island College Student Union.jpg|The Student Union at Rhode Island College
File:RISD Waterman Building.jpg|The Waterman Building at the Rhode Island School of Design
File:RWU Commons.jpg|The Commons at Roger Williams University
File:Salve Regina University gates.jpg|The gates of Salve Regina University
File:URI East Hall and Washburn Hall.jpg|East Hall and Washburn Hall at the University of Rhode Island
File:New England Institute of Technology, East Greenwich, Rhode Island.jpg|The entrance to the New England Institute of Technology
</gallery>
Defunct institutions
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
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! School
! Location(s)
! Founded
! Closed
|-
| Barrington College
| Barrington
| align="center" | 1900
| align="center" | 1985
|-
|Gibbs College
|Cranston
| align="center" | 1911
| align="center" | 2009
|-Hill College Woonsocket, Rhode Island
| Mount Saint Joseph College
| Wakefield
| align="center" |
| align="center" | 1975
|-
|Rhode Island College of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences
|Providence
| align="center" | 1902
| align="center" | 1957
|-
|Scholfield's Commercial College
|Providence
| align="center" | 1846
| align="center" | ?
|-
| Seminary of Our Lady of Providence
| Warwick
| align="center" | 1939
| align="center" | 1975