I received my mrs degree here in 2012 to a guy a couple years my junior in everything but earnings. I do believe my degree prepared me with the critical mind to discern between silk and polyester as well as truth and bull ****. In all seriousness, this is a wonderful school for those who know what they want to do, but need to be challenged to be more exacting and deliberate. All of my peers in design fields landed excellent jobs almost right away and have continued to succeed post graduation, husband included. I would stay away from the fine art programs unless you are independently wealthy, but that's always been the case for all of human history.

This is a very nice museum with a great collection of varied art. Definitely worth visiting. 4 stars due to the confusing layout. I've never been at a museum where the people there couldn't figure out where they where supposed to go to get to exhibits before. Other than that it was great.

I met the most amazing people in US while studying at RISD!

It is the best art school in the U.S. with excellent education that explains why it is called the Harvard of Art School, excellent faculty that encourages Critical Making, and the best environment to study design.

Academic library in a converted early 20th century banking hall. Providence Athenaeum membership gives one access.