I go to RIC and a bunch of my friends went to more “prestigious” schools all across the country, including URI, and I can say for certain that my curriculum is on par with theirs. However, this could depend HEAVILY on your major due to how RIC funds certain departments. With Public Administration and History you will probably get a good education. The one major downside to RIC is that you need to be extremely self sufficient. You’re going to have bad professors and bad classes and while there are resources on campus, you need to seek them out. The same goes for your classes - you need to be on top of them and advocate for yourself because your advisors are also professors and a lot of times they can’t be as involved as you might like. Let me know if you have any more questions!