<p>My son posted this in the college search section and it was suggested that this would be a better place to post. </p>
<p>"I recently visited Roger Williams University in RI. I really liked this school a lot, but of course need to find other schools to apply to also. Does anyone have any suggestions for schools that might be similiar. I liked the way that the school was a close community and not really spread out. My preference is the east coast, but would consider any schools that have the similiar feel."</p>
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<p>We never got any responses to this.... Does anyone have suggestions???</p>
<p>This question is W-A-Y too broad to expect a precise response, but I'll get the ball rolling with Princeton Review's list of similar schools (excluding the huge and spread out ones):</p>
<p>Quinnipiac University
Salve Regina University
University of Rhode Island
Providence College
Northeastern University
Bryant University
Clark University
Fairfield University
Hofstra University
Ithaca University
Keene State University
Marist University
Sacred Heart University
Skidmore College
Stonehill College
Suffolk University
University of New Hampshire</p>
<p>Good luck with your search.</p>
<p>Quinnipiac
Marist
Providence</p>
<p>What does he like? The compactness of campus? The greenery and being near the water? Does he just want a campus that is not open and city like (ie: Northeastern, which does have a campus and some greenery, but is in Boston. Boston is wonderful, but does not seem to be what he is looking for.).</p>
<p>If he wants the feeling of being on a "campus", and one that is not too large, there are many schools out there. Is he looking for a suburban school? BTW, I agree with the 3 suggestions above. A bit, larger perhaps, but also Quinnipiac.</p>
<p>He liked the enclosed feeling of the campus and so I'm looking for other schools that have that same type of closeknit feeling. He doesn't care about location. The size is perfect for him also. The fact that it is near the water doesn't hurt.</p>
<p>any ideas for schools that are not in New England that are on the East Coast?</p>
<p>I'll check out the suggestions that you gave me so far. Thanks</p>
<p>Marist is also on the water. Beautiful campus located about 90 minutes north of NYC. If you want to go south, check out Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FLA. Although it's on the west coast of FLA, it's very easy to get flights to and from NYC.</p>
<p>My daughter is starting at RWU this fall. Other similar schools she looked at have already been mentioned but I'll mention some differences we noticed. Most of these comparisons have to do with student life, not academics as they are all pretty similar academically:
Quinnipiac was very similar campus but also has a greek life - RWU does not.
Ithaca we also found very similar but they didn't seem to bring as much to the campus as far as weekend life, it is near Cornell and the kids seem to spend time there as well. It's COLD there!
Hofstra has a larger student body, has a greek life but the kids seem to spread out on the weekends.<br>
Bryant is very similar but is more of a business school.
My daughter was accepted into all of these schools and chose RWU. She might have chosen Quinnipiac but it was more expensive to begin with and RWU offered more money.</p>
<p>Some more suggestions: Susquehanna, McDaniel, Juniata, Hartwick (on a hill though); Roanoke and the University of Mary Washington (if you want to head south). Perhaps Champlain College if you want to look in Vermont. While there you might want to look at St. Michaels, but I have never visited. I don't know, is U. of Scranton similar? Somebody here will know.</p>
<p>I would think that there are lots of schools of a similar size that are similar, but I have not visited to know for sure. Even though I have not visited Providence, it was the feeling that you described that attracted a student that I know. I would look at LACs. I would think that many are similar.</p>