Providence College (also known as Providence or PC) is a private, coeducational, Roman Catholicuniversity located about two miles west of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, United States, the state's capital city. With a 2012–2013 enrollment of 3,852 undergraduate students and 735 graduate students,[6] the college specializes in academic programs in the liberal arts.[2][3] It is the only college or university in North America administered by the Dominican Friars.[8]