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Information Technology at University of Rhode Island

Information Technology at University of Rhode Island

If you are interested in studying information technology, 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.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

URI Information Technology Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in IT

URI Information Technology Rankings

IT Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Information Technology Master’s Program

31% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 69% of it master's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

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Of the students who received a it master's degree from URI, 63% 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 it.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Information Technology

Information Technology 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
Computer & IS Security 19

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in it 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
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1,800 $90,600
Computer Workers 1,410 $81,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,270 $146,550
Computer User Support Specialists 1,240 $56,660
Computer Network Support Specialists 1,100 $56,400

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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