by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Community College of Rhode Island was awarded 4 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts / sciences & humanities.
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College Factual ranked CCRI as #713 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
CCRI is also ranked #9 out of 9 schools in Rhode Island.
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Since Community College of Rhode Island has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
With a student to faculty ratio of 17 to 1, Community College of Rhode Island is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Community College of Rhode Island is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Community College of Rhode Island this rate is 60%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 13,684 undergraduates at CCRI with 5,821 being full-time and 7,863 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of CCRI, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 CCRI, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $3,792 a year. That adds up to $15,168 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for CCRI are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 400 East Ave, Warwick, RI 02886-1807 |
| Phone: | 401-825-1000 |
| Website: | www.ccri.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 1,081 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 112 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 60 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 59 | NA |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 52 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 47 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 40 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 39 | NA |
| Intelligence & Command Control Operations | 36 | NA |
| Accounting | 35 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 6,715 students took at least one online class at Community College of Rhode Island. This is a decrease from the 7,534 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 6,715 | 2,916 |
| 2021-2022 | 7,534 | 3,883 |
| 2020-2021 | 13,000 | 11,836 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,313 | 677 |
Learn more about online learning at Community College of Rhode Island.
Footnotes
*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.
References
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