General Health & Wellness at University of Rhode Island

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year.

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

URI General Health & Wellness Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Wellness

URI General Health & Wellness Rankings

The health and wellness major at URI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health & Wellness. 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.

Health and Wellness Student Demographics at URI

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

URI General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Program

76% Women

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of health and wellness bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical health and wellness bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% men. So male students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health and wellness 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 health and wellness.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	68
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Careers That Health and Wellness Grads May Go Into

A degree in health and wellness 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
Community Health Workers	100	$47,430

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
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