Environmental Studies at Rhode Island College

Every environmental studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the ecosystem studies program at Rhode Island College stacks up to those at other schools.

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 7,072 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Environmental Studies section at the bottom of this page.

RIC Environmental Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ecosystem Studies

RIC Environmental Studies Rankings

The ecosystem studies major at RIC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Studies. 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.

Ecosystem Studies Student Demographics at RIC

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

RIC Environmental Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of ecosystem studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical ecosystem studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at RIC since its program graduates 37% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ecosystem studies 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 ecosystem studies.

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

Related Majors

Careers That Ecosystem Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in ecosystem studies 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
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	300	$82,160

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.