Providence College

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Providence College
City: Providence, Rhode Island
Type: Private
Sports: Basketball, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Soccer, Softball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track, Volleyball[1]
Colors: Black, White, and Silver
Mascot: Friars
Website: www.providence.edu

Providence College is a private, coeducational, Roman Catholic university located about two miles west of downtown Providence, Rhode Island. In 2010–2011, its enrollment was 3,850 undergraduate students and 735 graduate students.[2] The college specializes in teaching the liberal arts.[3][4] It is the only college or university in North America administered by the Dominican Order of friars.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Site Map. Retrieved on July 23, 2012.
  2. ↑ Providence College Application Guide. Providence College (2010). Retrieved on March 16, 2011.
  3. ↑ Providence College review. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved on March 15, 2011.
  4. ↑ Providence College review. The Princeton Review. Retrieved on March 16, 2011.
  5. ↑ Dominican University of California, Aquinas College of Michigan, and St. Thomas Aquinas College in New York all have Dominican heritage, but none is administered on a day-to-day basis by the Dominicans