Nursing at University of Rhode Island

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what University of Rhode Island has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year. Of the 626 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Rhode Island in 2021, 349 of them were nursing majors.

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

URI Nursing Degrees Available

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

URI Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at URI compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at URI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. 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
	75
	134
	138
Most Popular Nursing Schools	153
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	176
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	253
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	258
	276
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	361
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	367
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	434
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	494
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	504
	604
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	723
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	880
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,718

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in nursing from URI. This makes it the #355 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #327 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of URI Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $68,484. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 349 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Nursing from URI in 2020-2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing 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 nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	276
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

URI Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 22 nursing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from URI, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from URI, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

URI also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at University of Rhode Island. 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
Registered Nursing	349
Nursing Science	23
Nursing Practice	6

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Public Health
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Registered Nurses	12,630	$78,420
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,660	$128,660
Nurse Practitioners	690	$109,290
Nursing Instructors and Professors	270	$78,450
Nurse Midwives	50	$107,700

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.