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 master's degree is the highest award offered at RISD.
• In a recent academic period39% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from RISD with a bachelor's degree make about $68,140 a year. That's 67% 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:	20 Washington Place, Providence, RI 02903-2784
Phone:	401-454-6100
Website:	www.risd.edu

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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	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into RISD?

If you plan to apply to RISD, make sure you don't wait until the last minute to fill out your application. The school is one of the most selective in the United States and has a low acceptance rate of 17%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 25%, and the acceptance rate for women is 15%.

Average Test Scores

About 18% 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 660 and 740. Math scores were between 680 and 785.

RISD received ACT scores from 5% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 31 and 35. Math scores were between 26 and 0. Composite scores were between 29 and 33.

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 34% of students took out student loans averaging $7,148 a year. That adds up to $28,592 over four years for those students.

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Rhode Island School of Design Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 491 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,736 full-time undergraduates at RISD, 34% are male and 66% 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	376
Black or African American	77
Hispanic or Latino	163
White	458
International Students	518
Other Races/Ethnicities	144

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.

Rhode Island School of Design Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Fine & Studio Arts	143	50	193
Architectural Sciences & Technology	48	110	158
Systems Theory	92	14	106
Computer Software & Applications	78	18	96
Design & Applied Arts	91	0	91
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	44	10	54
Woodworking	29	8	37
Sustainability Science	0	23	23
Textile & Apparel Studies	22	0	22
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	16	16
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	15	15
Cultural Studies & Analysis	0	5	5
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	5	5
TOTAL	547	274	821

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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