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Rhode Island College is a public institution situated in Providence, Rhode Island. Providence is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Rhode Island College?

Contact details for RIC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	600 Mount Pleasant Ave, Providence, RI 02908
Phone:	401-456-8000
Website:	www.ric.edu

How Do I Get Into RIC?

You can apply to RIC online at: https://www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for RIC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Recommended
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into RIC?

The acceptance rate at Rhode Island College is 85%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 87%.

Can I Afford Rhode Island College?

The overall average net price of RIC is $32,081. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At RIC, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $6,255 a year. That adds up to $25,020 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at RIC is 3.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Rhode Island College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,252 undergraduate students at RIC, with 4,058 being full-time and 1,194 being part-time.

There are also 1,079 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,058 full-time undergraduates at RIC, 32% are male and 68% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Rhode Island College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	130
Black or African American	408
Hispanic or Latino	980
White	2,215
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	317

Geographic Diversity

Rhode Island students aren't the only ones who study at Rhode Island College. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 17 countries are represented at RIC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, Brazil, and Italy.

Online Learning at Rhode Island College

In 2020-2021, 4,272 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at RIC has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of RIC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Rhode Island College was 8,586.0%. This is the #19 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at RIC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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
• Image Credit: By Arctichistorian01 under License

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