Rhode Island School of Design Overview

Rhode Island School of Design is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Providence, Rhode Island. 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 at RISD may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 9 to 1.
• The student loan default rate at RISD is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at RISD is the master's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 39% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, RISD bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $51,100 a year. That's about 25% more than their peers at other schools.

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards RISD has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#5	Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts	College Factual
#19	Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts	College Factual
#21	Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts	College Factual

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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/risd1877
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/#!/risd

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	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into RISD?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to RISD. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 32%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 30% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 37%, and the acceptance rate for women is 26%.

Average Test Scores

About 68% 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 570 and 660. Math scores were between 560 and 710.

RISD received ACT scores from 37% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 32. Math scores were between 24 and 30. Composite scores were between 25 and 31.

Can I Afford Rhode Island School of Design?

The overall average net price of RISD is $62,618. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At RISD, approximately 35% of students took out student loans averaging $8,157 a year. That adds up to $32,628 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at RISD is 3.1%. 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 473 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,994 full-time undergraduates at RISD, 32% are male and 68% 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	359
Black or African American	74
Hispanic or Latino	181
White	590
International Students	606
Other Races/Ethnicities	184

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	119	54	173
Design & Applied Arts	141	16	157
Architectural Sciences & Technology	34	72	106
Systems Theory	86	14	100
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	48	9	57
Woodworking	30	11	41
Sustainability Science	0	26	26
Textile & Apparel Studies	22	0	22
General Architecture	21	0	21
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	11	11
Cultural Studies & Analysis	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0
TOTAL	501	213	714

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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