University of Rhode Island Healthcare Programs

University of Rhode Island is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The suburban atmosphere of Kingston makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

Where Is University of Rhode Island?

Contact details for URI are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Green Hall, 35 Campus Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881
Phone:	401-874-1000
Website:	web.uri.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/universityofri
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/universityofri

How Do I Get Into URI?

You can apply to URI online at: https://web.uri.edu/admission

Admission Requirements for URI

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into URI?

With an acceptance rate of 76%, URI may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 73%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 29% of students accepted to URI submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 640. Math scores were between 520 and 630.

URI received ACT scores from 2% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 30. Math scores were between 21 and 0. Composite scores were between 25 and 30.

Can I Afford University of Rhode Island?

The overall average net price of URI is $39,767. 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 URI, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $10,355 a year. That adds up to $41,420 over four years for those students.

University of Rhode Island Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 14,744 undergraduate students at URI, with 12,791 being full-time and 1,953 being part-time.

There are also 2,767 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,791 full-time undergraduates at URI, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	423
Black or African American	595
Hispanic or Latino	1,345
White	9,584
International Students	162
Other Races/Ethnicities	682

Geographic Diversity

Rhode Island students aren't the only ones who study at University of Rhode Island. At this time, 34 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 70 countries are represented at URI. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at University of Rhode Island

In 2022-2023, 6,012 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 3rd most popular in Rhode Island for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of URI majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Health Care Management	95%
Other Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	26%
Pharmaceutical Sciences	61%

University of Rhode Island Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Registered Nursing	0	290	0	0	0	290
General Health & Wellness	0	126	0	0	0	126
Pharmacy	0	0	0	0	110	110
General Communication Sciences & Disorders	0	59	0	0	0	59
Pharmaceutical Sciences	51	0	0	0	0	51
Other Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	0	0	0	50	0	50
Dietetics/Dietitian	0	35	0	0	0	35
Nursing Science	0	0	0	32	1	33
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	0	0	0	26	0	26
Physical Therapy/Therapist	0	0	0	0	26	26
Health Care Management	0	1	0	21	0	22
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	0	0	0	7	9	16
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology	0	12	0	0	0	12
Nursing Practice	0	0	4	0	4	8
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	0	0	0	0	4	4
Health/Medical Physics	0	0	0	4	0	4
Health Information Management	0	0	1	0	0	1
Nursing Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	51	523	5	140	154	873

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.