Rhode Island School of Design

Four-year Private

School size: 1,863

Locale: Urban setting

Out-of-state tuition: $31,430

School website: www.risd.edu

School of the Museum of Fine Arts  (MA)

Four-year Private

School size: 634

Locale: Urban setting

Out-of-state tuition: $26,244

School website: www.smfa.edu

Dartmouth College

Four-year Private

School size: 4,085

Locale: Rural setting

Out-of-state tuition: $33,612

School website: www.dartmouth.edu

Middlebury College

Four-year Private

School size: 2,406

Locale: Rural setting

Out-of-state tuition: n/a

School website: www.middlebury.edu

Hampshire College

Four-year Private

School size: 1,448

Locale: Rural setting

Out-of-state tuition: $34,605

School website: www.hampshire.edu

Providence College

Four-year Private

School size: 3,998

Locale: Suburban setting

Out-of-state tuition: $27,345

School website: www.providence.edu

Emerson College

Four-year Private

School size: 3,402

Locale: Urban setting

Out-of-state tuition: $25,894

School website: www.emerson.edu

Bryant University

Four-year Private

School size: 3,268

Locale: Suburban setting

Out-of-state tuition: $26,099

School website: www.bryant.edu

Boston University

Four-year Private

School size: 18,521

Locale: Urban setting

Out-of-state tuition: $33,792

School website: www.bu.edu

Brandeis University

Four-year Private

School size: 3,304

Locale: Suburban setting

Out-of-state tuition: $34,035

School website: www.brandeis.edu