Business Administration & Management at Rhode Island College

What traits are you looking for in a business administration school? To help you decide if Rhode Island College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's business administration program.

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 7,072. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 83 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from RIC.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Administration & Management section at the bottom of this page.

RIC Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Business Administration (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

RIC Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how RIC performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at RIC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	134
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Basic Certificate Schools	235
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	485
	815
Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	898
	969
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,183
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Schools	1,382
Best Business Administration & Management Schools	1,566
Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools	1,632

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in business administration from RIC. This makes it the #881 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of RIC Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at RIC is $38,526. This is less than $41,334, which is the national average of all business administration majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Business Administration Student Demographics at RIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at Rhode Island College.

RIC Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

The business administration program at RIC awarded 83 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 48% of these degrees went to men with the other 52% going to women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at RIC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business administration bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rhode Island College with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

RIC Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who earned a master's degree in Business Administration & Management from RIC in 2020-2021, 47% were men and 53% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from RIC, 65% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rhode Island College with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

RIC also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Accounting

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
General and Operations Managers	5,730	$155,910
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	4,770	$62,480
Retail Sales Supervisors	3,590	$56,540
Management Analysts	3,120	$87,610
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	2,590	$71,230

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.