Business Administration & Management at University of Rhode Island

If you are interested in studying business administration and management, 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 approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 138 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from URI.

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

URI Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

URI Business Administration & Management Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at URI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. 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 Popular Business Administration & Management Schools	429
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	699

In 2021, 91 students received their master’s degree in business administration from URI. This makes it the #330 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #186 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Business Administration Graduates from URI Make?

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $50,450. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 22% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at URI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at University of Rhode Island.

URI Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 138 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration from URI. About 62% were men and 38% were women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration 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 administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	112
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

URI Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

The business administration program at URI awarded 91 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 56% of these degrees went to men with the other 44% going to women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from URI, 75% 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 administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	68
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

URI also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• General Business/Commerce
• International Business
• Human Resource Management

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration 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
General and Operations Managers	5,730	$155,910
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	4,770	$62,480
Retail Sales Supervisors	3,590	$56,540
Management Analysts	3,120	$87,610
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	2,590	$71,230

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.