Textile & Apparel Studies at University of Rhode Island

Every textile & apparel studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the textile studies program at University of Rhode Island stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Textile & Apparel Studies section at the bottom of this page.

URI Textile & Apparel Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Textile Studies
• Master’s Degree in Textile Studies

URI Textile & Apparel Studies Rankings

The textile studies major at URI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Textile & Apparel Studies. 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.

Textile Studies Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of textile studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical textile studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in textile studies 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 textile studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

URI Textile & Apparel Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of textile studies master's degrees went to men and 86% went to 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 textile studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Textile & Apparel Studies

If you plan to be a textile studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
General Apparel & Textiles	84

Related Majors

• Food, Nutrition & Related Services
• Human Development & Family Studies

Careers That Textile Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in textile studies 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
Marketing Managers	670	$159,400
Interior Designers	330	$75,110

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.