Rhode Island School of Design Overview

Located in Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island School of Design is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Providence makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Rhode Island School of Design Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at RISD since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
• The 1% student loan default rate at RISD is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at RISD.
• In <nil>, 39% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from RISD with a bachelor's degree make about $64,562 a year. That's 58% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• It takes the average RISD student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Rhode Island School of Design?

Contact details for RISD are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2 College St, Providence, RI 02903-2784
Phone:	401-454-6100
Website:	www.risd.edu

How Do I Get Into RISD?

You can apply to RISD online at: www.risd.edu/admissions/

Admission Requirements for RISD

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into RISD?

With an acceptance rate of 19%, RISD is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 32% of accepted students are men and 68% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 25%, and the acceptance rate for women is 17%.

Average Test Scores

About 31% of students accepted to RISD submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 630 and 710. Math scores were between 680 and 770.

RISD received ACT scores from 7% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 27 and 35. Math scores were between 26 and 32. Composite scores were between 28 and 34.

Can I Afford Rhode Island School of Design?

The overall average net price of RISD is $65,534. 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 RISD, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $9,307 a year. That adds up to $37,228 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at RISD is 0.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Rhode Island School of Design Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 532 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,044 full-time undergraduates at RISD, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	461
Black or African American	89
Hispanic or Latino	174
White	480
International Students	670
Other Races/Ethnicities	170

Geographic Diversity

Rhode Island students aren't the only ones who study at Rhode Island School of Design. At this time, 34 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 65 countries are represented at RISD. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Canada.

Online Learning at Rhode Island School of Design

In 2020-2021, 569 students took at least one online class at the school.

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 DanielPenfield under License

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