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University of Rhode Island Overview

University of Rhode Island is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. Kingston is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is University of Rhode Island Known For?

3,645 Undergraduate Awards
$39,767 Avg Cost After Aid
76% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at URI is the doctor's degree.
  • In a recent academic period69% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from URI with a bachelor's degree make about $69,743 a year. That's 71% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is University of Rhode Island?

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Contact details for URI are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Green Hall, 35 Campus Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881
Phone: 401-874-1000
Website: web.uri.edu
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/universityofri
Twitter: https://twitter.com/universityofri

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How Do I Get Into URI?

You can apply to URI online at: https://web.uri.edu/admission

Admission Requirements for URI

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into URI?

76% Acceptance Rate
64% Of Accepted Are Women
29% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 76%, URI may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 73%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 29% of students accepted to URI submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 640. Math scores were between 520 and 630.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Rhode Island  ( 530 to 640 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for University of Rhode Island  ( 520 to 630 )
200
800
URI received ACT scores from 2% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 30. Math scores were between 21 and 0. Composite scores were between 25 and 30.

ACT English Scores for University of Rhode Island  ( 22 to 30 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for University of Rhode Island  ( 25 to 30 )
1
36

Can I Afford University of Rhode Island?

$39,767 Net Price
63% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of URI is $39,767. 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 URI, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $11,356 a year. That adds up to $45,424 over four years for those students.

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University of Rhode Island Undergraduate Student Diversity

12,712 Full-Time Undergraduates
56% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 14,904 undergraduate students at URI, with 12,712 being full-time and 2,192 being part-time.

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There are also 2,745 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,712 full-time undergraduates at URI, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 424
Black or African American 644
Hispanic or Latino 1,343
White 9,424
International Students 149
Other Races/Ethnicities 728

Geographic Diversity

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

Over 70 countries are represented at URI. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

University of Rhode Island Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Nursing 0 292 5 28 12 337
Business Administration & Management 0 164 0 87 0 251
General Psychology 0 241 0 6 0 247
Communication & Media Studies 0 200 0 9 0 209
General Biology 0 173 0 0 0 173
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16 0 0 5 126 147
Public Relations & Advertising 0 144 0 0 0 144
Health & Physical Education 0 122 0 9 0 131
Mechanical Engineering 0 99 0 23 6 128
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 122 0 0 0 122
Health Sciences & Services 0 116 0 0 0 116
Finance & Financial Management 0 105 0 0 0 105
Criminology 0 104 0 0 0 104
Human Development & Family Studies 0 88 0 13 0 101
Computer Information Systems 0 90 0 5 0 95
Marketing 0 90 0 0 0 90
Political Science & Government 0 86 0 0 0 86
Natural Resource Management 9 34 0 35 0 78
Accounting 0 65 0 12 0 77
Communication Sciences 0 64 0 13 0 77
Civil Engineering 0 46 0 15 8 69
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 22 0 44 0 66
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 63 0 0 0 63
Animal Science 0 62 0 0 0 62
Romance Languages 0 62 0 0 0 62
Public Administration 0 0 34 27 0 61
Library & Information Science 0 0 0 59 0 59
Wildlife Management 0 55 0 0 0 55
Economics 0 48 0 5 1 54
General English Literature 0 45 0 2 6 53
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 44 0 7 0 51
Public Policy 0 28 14 9 0 51
Electrical Engineering 0 32 0 16 1 49
Ocean Engineering 0 31 0 13 2 46
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 45 0 0 0 45
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 13 4 20 7 44
Natural Resources Conservation 0 40 3 0 0 43
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 42 0 0 0 42
History 0 36 0 4 0 40
General Education 0 0 0 28 8 36
Chemical Engineering 0 26 0 3 7 36
Mathematics 0 24 0 8 1 33
Biomedical Engineering 0 31 0 0 0 31
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 0 31 31
Chemistry 0 15 0 1 12 28
Journalism 0 27 0 0 0 27
Computer Engineering 0 23 4 0 0 27
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 2 1 23 0 26
Human Resource Management 0 0 21 4 0 25
Horticulture 0 24 0 0 0 24
International Relations & National Security 0 12 0 12 0 24
Drama & Theater Arts 0 24 0 0 0 24
Biological & Physical Science 0 0 0 13 10 23
Geography & Cartography 0 0 22 0 0 22
Writing Studies 0 16 5 0 0 21
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 21 0 0 0 21
Industrial Engineering 0 12 0 5 2 19
East Asian Languages 0 19 0 0 0 19
Fine & Studio Arts 0 19 0 0 0 19
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 18 0 18
Germanic Languages 0 18 0 0 0 18
Biotechnology 0 17 0 0 0 17
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 13 1 2 1 17
Ethnic Studies 0 15 2 0 0 17
Information Technology 0 0 0 16 0 16
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 16 0 0 16
Entrepreneurial Studies 4 11 0 0 0 15
International Business 0 14 0 0 0 14
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 14 0 0 0 14
Music 0 11 0 3 0 14
Landscape Architecture 0 13 0 0 0 13
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 0 13 0 13
Philosophy 0 12 0 0 0 12
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 0 12 12
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 5 0 6 0 11
Anthropology 0 11 0 0 0 11
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 10 0 0 0 10
Fisheries Sciences 0 10 0 0 0 10
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 9 0 0 9
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 0 8 1 0 0 9
Educational Administration 0 0 0 9 0 9
Sociology 0 9 0 0 0 9
Agricultural Production 0 5 3 0 0 8
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 0 6 0 0 6
Physics 0 5 0 1 0 6
Security Science and Technology 0 0 6 0 0 6
General Business/Commerce 0 1 0 0 2 3
Statistics 0 0 0 3 0 3
Interdisciplinary Studies 0 3 0 0 0 3
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 2 0 0 0 2
Computer Science 0 0 0 0 1 1
Classical Languages & Literature 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mathematics & Computer Science 0 0 1 0 0 1
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zoology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Special Education 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Public Health 0 0 0 0 0 0
Data Analytics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Data Science 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerontology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marine Science 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thanatology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 29 3,616 158 634 256 4,693

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.

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