Flanagan Campus - Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI)

"Pretty campus. Friendly staff. Easy to find your way around the building. Well signed. Spacious and airy. Easy free parking."

"Don't waste your time going here for the Radiography program etc., go to RIC or a better college with less hoops to jump through. This school has been very unprofessional for years with the program they offer. No one knows nothing, it's a big run around! They use an outside testing site called Pearson vue which is the most unprofessional site I have ever delt with. You pay to take this test! The person monitoring your test, doesn't explain anything & also many interruptions while time is still going. Almost all the material on this test is never been taught to you in any of the prerequisite giving by CCRI. The Pearson site gives you practice test that don't help you prepare for the test. It's all smoking mirrors. My money wasted down the drain. Lots of years wasted on this program. I'm a single mom looking to get a better career. However CCRI just cares only about taking money from students. I believe who ever picks the candidates for the program is probably someone they know."

"I initially loved this school back when I enrolled in 2015. Everything was going great until my older brother died in 2017 from an opioid overdose before the Fall 2017 semester They call it "community" college even though I was having a breakdown and no one intervened instead of two academic counselors. Fast forward to April 15th this year, I became homeless by having to leave the home due to domestic violence. Thank God there was a social worker employed within the last six months or I would have been completely forgotten about. The president who "cares so deeply" about her students never reached out to me nor did most of the deans. Dean Cunningham helped, but it was mostly the social worker who did all the emergency housing placements. I was at an anonymous shelter sleeping on a dirty couch and not ONCE did any higher-up reach out to me. I can say a handful of faculty members were extremely helpful (Linda Benvenuti, Liz Parent, Karen Kortz, and Isabel Trombetti, Amanda Vanner) but the officials at this college couldn't care less about their students. I am not proud I received my diploma from a school that would have left me to rot if it weren't for Shanna and Carlene who also work at CCRI saving my life. The 3.7 GPA I've worked so hard for is insignificant to the administrative members. Oh, what about academics? They are fine. Just don't get into multiple crises because you are on your own. If you want "community" go to URI or anything other than CCRI. You actually mean something in those places. Cheers!!!"

"Great school with some great teachers, highly recommended. The chefs always cook good food, prices are a bit high, but it's normal college prices. The security group at this location are always visible and promote safety for everyone."