Engineering at University of Rhode Island

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if University of Rhode Island is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 322 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from URI.

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

URI Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

URI Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering 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 engineering major at URI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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 Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	82
	152
	166
Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	231

In 2021, 51 students received their master’s degree in engineering from URI. This makes it the #174 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #144 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The engineering program at URI awarded 322 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 74% of these degrees went to men with the other 26% going to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	245
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

URI Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 engineering majors earned their master's degree from URI. Of these graduates, 76% were men and 24% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	25
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

URI also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 16 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Rhode Island. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	107
Civil Engineering	60
Electrical Engineering	60
Chemical Engineering	44
Ocean Engineering	37
Biomedical Engineering	32
Computer Engineering	28
Industrial Engineering	23

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Natural Resources & Conservation

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers	1,840	$96,850
Mechanical Engineers	1,330	$94,520
Electronics Engineers	1,130	$119,290
Civil Engineers	810	$87,220
Computer Hardware Engineers	790	$104,400

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.