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Continuing Education
in Rhode Island
Continuing education courses are offered at local
colleges, universities and technical schools for academic
or university level credit, and as non-credit courses.
Here is a list of schools worth exploring.
NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY
neit.edu
7 degrees
Construction Management, Cybersecurity
Defense, Engineering Management,
Information Technology, Nursing,
Occupational Therapy and Public Health.
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE
providence.edu
As of fall 2019, 523 graduate students
16 Master’s and 2 grad certificate programs
(Business Analytics and Change Leadership
Management).
Certificate Programs: 2 post-bachelor SCE
programs, including Pre-Med/Pre-Health
Studies and Teacher Certification Program
(6 subject areas).
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE
ric.edu
5 Graduate Schools
The following information focuses on the
continuing education programs only.
Communication, Master of Arts in
Communication and more; and the
School of Health Sciences: a Physician
Assistant Studies Program.
BROWN UNIVERSITY
brown.edu
2,600+ graduate students COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RI
51 Doctoral programs ccri.edu
33 Master’s programs (divided between the 18,000+ students
Offers programs in various academic and
vocational technical areas as well as programs
for full and part-time students, including older
adult learners.
School of Engineering, School of Public
Health and School of Professional Studies)
Graduate Student Council and Graduate
Community Fellows Programs
Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers 12
programs: MA in English, MA in Psychology,
MAT in Mathematics and more.
Feinstein School of Education and Human
Development offers 21 programs: MAT in
Elementary Education, MS in Clinical Mental
Health Counseling and more.
School of Business offers 4 programs: MS in
Health Care Administration, Master of
Professional Accountancy and more.
School of Nursing offers 5 programs:
Doctor of Nursing Practice, MSN in Nurse
Anesthesia and more.
School of Social Work offers a Master of
Social Work program.
22 Certificate Programs (CGS): Advanced
Counseling, Advanced Study of Creative
Writing, Financial Planning, etc.
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL
OF DESIGN
risd.edu
4,000+ students
670 classes per year, including:
349 Adult courses: 267 Young Artist classes,
31 Summer Programs courses for credit
and creative advancement, 23 Pre-College
Program majors for high school students,
9 Certificate Programs for adults, 4 Teen
Certificate Programs.
3 Locations, including Providence,
Barrington and Westerly.
bryant.edu JOHNSON AND WALES
UNIVERSITY
3 Graduate Schools to choose from: jwu.edu
BRYANT UNIVERSITY
College of Business: includes a Graduate
Certificate in Business Analytics, Master of
Professional Accountancy and more;
The College of Arts and Sciences: includes a
Graduate Certificate in Managerial
96 RHODE ISLAND MONTHLY l
MARCH 2020
25+ Accelerated Master’s Programs
(take graduate level courses during senior year
of undergrad).
35+ degrees at their Providence campus or
online (16 of which are MBAs).