Rhode Island College Overview

Located in Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island College is a public institution. Providence is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Rhode Island College Known For?

• The highest award offered at RIC is the doctor's degree.
• In a recent academic period100% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, RIC bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $56,318 a year. That's about 38% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Rhode Island College?

Contact details for RIC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	600 Mount Pleasant Ave, Providence, RI 02908
Phone:	401-456-8000
Website:	www.ric.edu

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How Do I Get Into RIC?

You can apply to RIC online at: https://www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for RIC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into RIC?

With an acceptance rate of 88%, RIC is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 30% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 84%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.

Average Test Scores

About 15% of students accepted to RIC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 450 and 570. Math scores were between 420 and 540.

Can I Afford Rhode Island College?

The overall average net price of RIC is $32,081. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At RIC, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $7,110 a year. That adds up to $28,440 over four years for those students.

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Rhode Island College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,998 undergraduate students at RIC, with 4,611 being full-time and 1,387 being part-time.

There are also 1,074 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,611 full-time undergraduates at RIC, 29% are male and 71% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Rhode Island College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	126
Black or African American	444
Hispanic or Latino	1,171
White	2,478
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	388

Geographic Diversity

Rhode Island students aren't the only ones who study at Rhode Island College. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 17 countries are represented at RIC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, Brazil, and Italy.

Rhode Island College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Social Work	90	0	118	0	208
Nursing	121	4	29	4	158
General Psychology	113	0	4	0	117
Business Administration & Management	66	10	1	0	77
Teacher Education Subject Specific	59	0	12	0	71
Criminal Justice & Corrections	53	0	7	0	60
Special Education	8	2	42	0	52
Allied Health Professions	49	0	0	0	49
Accounting	39	0	5	0	44
Health Sciences & Services	44	0	0	0	44
Mental & Social Health Services	14	6	24	0	44
Computer Science	42	0	0	0	42
Teaching English or French	0	24	18	0	42
Teacher Education Grade Specific	33	0	7	0	40
General Biology	36	0	0	0	36
Other Education	0	0	35	0	35
Health & Medical Administrative Services	24	0	8	0	32
Marketing	23	0	0	0	23
Sociology	23	0	0	0	23
Political Science & Government	22	0	0	0	22
Communication & Media Studies	21	0	0	0	21
General English Literature	14	0	4	0	18
History	12	2	3	0	17
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	10	7	0	17
Drama & Theater Arts	16	0	0	0	16
Fine & Studio Arts	14	0	0	0	14
Management Information Systems	13	0	0	0	13
Interdisciplinary Studies	13	0	0	0	13
Public Relations & Advertising	12	0	0	0	12
Communication Sciences	12	0	0	0	12
Finance & Financial Management	10	0	0	0	10
Public Health	0	10	0	0	10
Public Administration	10	0	0	0	10
Music	10	0	0	0	10
Human Resource Management	9	0	0	0	9
Health & Physical Education	9	0	0	0	9
Writing Studies	8	0	0	0	8
Economics	8	0	0	0	8
General Education	0	0	0	7	7
Natural Resources Conservation	7	0	0	0	7
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	7	0	0	0	7
Ethnic Studies	6	0	0	0	6
Mathematics	3	0	3	0	6
Anthropology	6	0	0	0	6
Romance Languages	5	0	0	0	5
Liberal Arts General Studies	5	0	0	0	5
Design & Applied Arts	5	0	0	0	5
General Visual & Performing Arts	5	0	0	0	5
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	4	0	0	0	4
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	4	0	0	0	4
Chemistry	4	0	0	0	4
Dental Support Services	2	0	0	0	2
Physics	2	0	0	0	2
Geography & Cartography	2	0	0	0	2
Human Development & Family Studies	1	0	0	0	1
Philosophy	1	0	0	0	1
Dance	1	0	0	0	1
Biotechnology	0	0	0	0	0
Journalism	0	0	0	0	0
Area Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	0	0	0
Data Science	0	0	0	0	0
Gerontology	0	0	0	0	0
International Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Security Science and Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Other Psychology	0	0	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Other Public Administration	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,120	68	327	11	1,526

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Arctichistorian01 under License

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