Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Kingston, RI
Population 400,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,606 (49%)
Days Without Precipitation 241 (39%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 13,134
Men / Women 41% / 59%
From State 42%
From Region 37%
Athletes 4.8%

Racial/Ethnic

White 73%
Hispanic 12%
Black 5%
Mixed 4%
Asian 3%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Sciences 199 79% / 21% 2% $93,250 94 95%
Computer Science 135 +2 87% / 13% 1% $108,723 98 95%
Chemistry 6 83% / 17% 17% $61,791 61
Forensic Chemistry $62,032 61
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences 16 44% / 56% 6% $38,784 7 90%
Mathematics 36 +8 64% / 36% 0% $68,224 73 97%
Physics $72,152 79
Physics 6 +2 83% / 17% 0% $71,975 78
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 521 60% / 40% 1% $77,160 84 97%
Accounting 97 53% / 47% 1% $78,305 85 96%
Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations 6 33% / 67% 0% $73,878 80
Business $72,935 79
Business Management and Administration 95 +1 58% / 42% 2% $71,433 78 96%
Entrepreneurship 14 79% / 21% 0% $69,219 75
Finance 115 +11 83% / 17% 1% $85,710 90 99%
International Business 11 +1 36% / 64% 0% $73,498 80
Logistics 43 +5 72% / 28% 2% $71,433 78 96%
Marketing 121 +7 45% / 55% 2% $79,630 86 96%
Organizational Leadership $71,433 78 96%
Public Policy 19 +1 42% / 58% 0% $54,444 42 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 630 51% / 49% 1% $69,818 76 95%
Biomedical Engineering 24 42% / 58% 0% $91,782 94 94%
Chemical Engineering 29 72% / 28% 0% $87,925 91 97%
Civil Engineering 39 77% / 23% 3% $80,330 86 98%
Computer Engineering 31 100% / 0% 0% $97,130 96 100%
Electrical Engineering 23 91% / 9% 0% $94,889 95 98%
Industrial Engineering 12 75% / 25% 0% $91,527 93 90%
Mechanical Engineering 98 92% / 8% 1% $91,594 93 98%
Ocean Engineering 19 63% / 37% 5% $84,932 89 84%
Human Nutrition 6 50% / 50% 0% $54,223 41
Exercise Science and Kinesiology 128 38% / 62% 1% $58,481 53
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness 19 58% / 42% 0% $54,994 43
Business Analytics 6 +1 33% / 67% 0% $77,137 84
African American Studies 1 0% / 100% 0% $47,102 20
Human Development and Family Studies 96 +1 3% / 97% 0% $45,567 17 93%
Interdisciplinary Studies $53,216 38
Interdisciplinary Studies 17 +2 71% / 29% 6% $52,648 36
Women's Studies 13 +7 0% / 100% 0% $39,954 8 88%
Apparel and Textiles 50 8% / 92% 0% $57,524 50 95%
Landscape Architecture 19 68% / 32% 0% $62,516 63 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health Sciences 1,027 40% / 60% 1% $57,006 49 95%
Economics 31 +1 71% / 29% 3% $61,656 61 96%
Economics 20 70% / 30% 0% $61,656 61 97%
Anthropology 16 38% / 62% 0% $39,163 7 94%
Chinese 15 13% / 87% 7% $73,864 80 93%
Classics $60,055 57
English 53 +4 25% / 75% 0% $51,309 32 93%
Foreign Languages 18 +4 44% / 56% 0% $69,448 75
French 12 +1 42% / 58% 0% $63,795 65 91%
German 15 73% / 27% 0% $91,305 93 100%
History 31 +12 61% / 39% 0% $48,328 23 96%
International Affairs 5 +7 40% / 60% 0% $57,071 49
Italian 3 +3 67% / 33% 0% $63,795 65 91%
Journalism 13 +3 31% / 69% 0% $48,168 23 93%
Philosophy 6 +3 83% / 17% 0% $53,188 38
Political Science 52 +66 44% / 56% 2% $63,023 64 92%
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing 7 +11 0% / 100% 0% $50,116 28 100%
Public Relations 85 +23 29% / 71% 0% $71,914 78 97%
Sociology 17 +4 29% / 71% 6% $60,970 59 85%
Spanish 25 +14 16% / 84% 4% $63,795 65 91%
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 173 +1 52% / 48% 1% $61,809 61 93%
Sports Communication 44 +11 89% / 11% 0% $71,914 78 97%
Early Childhood Education 27 0% / 100% 0% $53,798 40 100%
Elementary Education 78 8% / 92% 0% $53,798 40 100%
Foreign Language Teacher Education 1 0% / 100% 0%
Secondary Education and Teaching 30 23% / 77% 0% $53,798 40 100%
Art History 1 0% / 100% 0%
Film Production 48 +13 60% / 40% 0% $44,113 14 96%
Fine Arts 21 +1 24% / 76% 0% $40,845 9 97%
Fine/Studio Arts 13 31% / 69% 8% $40,845 9 97%
Music 16 69% / 31% 0% $58,373 53 95%
Theater 11 45% / 55% 0% $32,357 3 100%
Criminology 140 34% / 66% 0% $44,570 15 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of the Environment and Life Sciences 1,248 23% / 77% 1% $63,742 65 96%
Biology 142 30% / 70% 1% $72,558 79 93%
Biomedical Sciences 21 19% / 81% 5% $72,558 79 93%
Biotechnology 40 32% / 68% 0% $70,710 77
Cellular and Molecular Biology 42 31% / 69% 0% $78,118 84 96%
Neurobiology and Anatomy 10 +1 30% / 70% 0% $61,471 60
Neuropharmacology 2 50% / 50% 0% $62,728 63
Neuroscience 10 60% / 40% 0% $60,946 59
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture 5 20% / 80% 0% $49,461 27
Animal Sciences 73 12% / 88% 0% $45,328 16 96%
Applied Horticulture/Horticultural Business Services 25 60% / 40% 0% $47,076 20 86%
Dietetics 22 14% / 86% 0% $54,188 41 98%
Environmental Science 46 39% / 61% 0% $57,379 50 96%
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management 11 100% / 0% 0% $46,280 18 100%
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 46 35% / 65% 2% $44,463 14 95%
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist 15 0% / 100% 0% $78,225 85 96%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 70 1% / 99% 0% $58,754 54 94%
Health and Wellness 104 +2 20% / 80% 1% $70,637 77
Nursing 210 5% / 95% 0% $88,051 91 100%
Health Administration $66,995 71
Environmental/Natural Resource Economics 30 57% / 43% 3% $63,006 64 96%
Psychology 272 +8 20% / 80% 0% $50,968 31 97%
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 52 48% / 52% 0% $43,623 13 96%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $17,365
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $38,314
Est. In-State Cost $22,463
Est. Out-of-State Cost $49,563
ROI Percentile 70th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 84%
4-Year Graduation Rate 59%
6-Year Graduation Rate 73%
Transfer-Out Rate 17%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 30.1% 1,090 35% / 65% 1% $56,771 48 95%
Business & Economics 15.4% 559 61% / 39% 1% $76,518 83 97%
Health Sciences 15.1% 546 17% / 83% 0% $72,626 79 98%
Engineering 7.6% 275 81% / 19% 1% $90,062 93 96%
Life & Natural Sciences 7.4% 267 31% / 69% 1% $72,232 79 93%
Agriculture & Food Science 6.5% 234 32% / 68% 0% $48,908 25 95%
Arts 4.9% 179 40% / 60% 1% $49,776 27 96%
Professional 3.9% 140 34% / 66% 0% $44,570 15 94%
Education 3.8% 136 10% / 90% 0% $53,798 40 100%
Computer Science 3.7% 135 87% / 13% 1% $108,723 98 95%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.8% 64 62% / 38% 3% $60,613 58 95%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $59.5M #60 87% $0.3M 22 #119 128 14
Life & Natural Sciences $33.2M #98 85% $0.3M 13 #133 121 14
Engineering $17.6M #154 78% $0.1M 16 #147 117 2
Humanities & Social Sciences $8.8M #157 81% $0.0M 8 #249 54
Agriculture & Food Science $7.2M #84 62% $0
Education $2.0M #174 49% $0.8M 3 #401
Computer Science $1.6M #203 88% $0 1 #193 28
Business & Economics $1.6M #179 71% $0 11 #118 11
Health Sciences $0.0M #410 35% $0 19 #98 77 5
Total $131M #147 83% $1.5M 93 #181 536 35

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 75%
Yield (Unbound) 16%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 73% 75% 74%
Early Decision 73% 75% 74%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 24%
SAT Range 1090 – 1310
SAT Math Range 520 – 640
SAT RW Range 550 – 670