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Roger Williams University Data & Information Overview

101 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
91% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Roger Williams University Ranked?

#580 Best Colleges in Nation
#7 Best Colleges in RI
Legal Professions Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College 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.

Roger Williams University was awarded 101 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is legal professions.

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Overall Quality

RWU landed the #580 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when RWU held the #672 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 9 colleges in Rhode Island, RWU is ranked at #7.

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Is It Hard to Get Into RWU?

91% Acceptance Rate
56% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

With an acceptance rate of 91%, RWU has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.

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Roger Williams University Faculty

14 to 1 Student to Faculty
39% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Roger Williams University 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.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Roger Williams University is 39%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  39 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Roger Williams University

81% Freshmen Retention
60% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 81% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Roger Williams University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  81 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At RWU the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 60%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  60 out of 100
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100

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Roger Williams University Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,828 Full-Time Undergraduates
15.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
50.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,346 undergraduates at RWU with 3,828 being full-time and 518 being part-time.

How Much Does Roger Williams University Cost?

$36,054 Net Price
68% Take Out Loans
$46,372 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of RWU is $36,054. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for RWU

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$31,601 $32,930 $33,796 $36,087 $38,029

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 RWU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

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 RWU, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $11,593 a year. That adds up to $46,372 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at RWU is 3.7%. 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.

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How Much Money Do RWU Graduates Make?

$64,743 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from RWU make around $64,743 per year during the early years of their employment. This is good news for future RWU graduates since it is 52% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Roger Williams University

Rhode Island State
3,828 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Roger Williams University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bristol, Rhode Island. The suburban atmosphere of Bristol 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.

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Contact details for RWU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI 02809-2921
Phone: 401-253-1040
Website: https://www.rwu.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rogerwilliamsuniversity
Twitter: https://twitter.com/myrwu

Roger Williams University Majors

67 Majors With Completions
980 Undergraduate Degrees
106 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 67 majors graduated from Roger Williams University. Of these students, 980 received undergraduate degrees and 106 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections 91 $41,548
Marketing 83 $40,968
General Architecture 66 $40,236
General Psychology 62 $31,679
Finance & Financial Management 60 $53,141
Teacher Education Grade Specific 58 $32,983
Business Administration & Management 51 $47,654
Construction Management 44 $67,169
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 35 $25,229
Accounting 29 $59,912

Learn more about the majors offered at Roger Williams University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at RWU

43% Take At Least One Class Online
8% Take All Classes Online

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 2020-2021, 1,940 students took at least one online class at Roger Williams University. This is a decrease from the 4,202 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,940 379
2019-2020 4,202 150
2018-2019 578 296
2017-2018 567 312
2016-2017 588 367

Learn more about online learning at Roger Williams University.

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Notes and References

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.

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