Business, Management & Marketing at University of Rhode Island

If you are interested in studying business, management and marketing, you may want to check out the program at University of Rhode Island. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649. In 2021, 447 business, management and marketing majors received their bachelor's degree from URI.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business, Management & Marketing section at the bottom of this page.

URI Business, Management & Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing
• Master’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing
• Doctorate Degree in Business, Management & Marketing

URI Business, Management & Marketing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business, management and marketing progam at URI compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business, management and marketing major at URI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business, Management & Marketing. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools	176
Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	949
Most Focused Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,161

In 2021, 125 students received their master’s degree in business, management and marketing from URI. This makes it the #388 most popular school for business, management and marketing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in business, management and marketing, making the school the #125 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business, Management & Marketing Student Demographics at URI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business, management and marketing majors at University of Rhode Island.

URI Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Program

The business, management and marketing program at URI awarded 447 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 56% of these degrees went to men with the other 44% going to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business, management and marketing at URI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Rhode Island with a bachelor's in business, management and marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	341
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

URI Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Program

The business, management and marketing program at URI awarded 125 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 58% of these degrees went to men with the other 42% going to women.

Of the students who received a business, management and marketing master's degree from URI, 74% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Rhode Island with a master's in business, management and marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	93
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

URI also has a doctoral program available in business, management and marketing. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Business, Management & Marketing

Business, Management & Marketing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Rhode Island. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	229
Accounting	113
Finance & Financial Management	102
Marketing	89
Human Resource Management	43
International Business	16
General Business/Commerce	10
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	8
Entrepreneurial Studies	3

Careers That Business, Management & Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in business, management and marketing 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 University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Office Clerks	11,360	$37,930
Customer Service Representatives	8,820	$38,970
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	6,790	$43,120
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	6,150	$44,120
General and Operations Managers	5,730	$155,910

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.