by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of Rhode Island was awarded 58 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health sciences & services.
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URI landed the #241 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when URI held the #320 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
URI is also ranked #5 out of 9 schools in Rhode Island.
The acceptance rate at University of Rhode Island is 76%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that URI is a good fit for you.
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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 17 to 1, University 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.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Rhode Island is 69%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Rhode Island has a freshmen retention rate of 85%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At URI the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 53%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at University of Rhode Island.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 14,904 undergraduates at URI with 12,712 being full-time and 2,192 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,437 | $13,822 | $17,327 | $22,757 | $27,004 |
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 URI, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At URI, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $11,356 a year. That adds up to $45,424 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for URI are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Green Hall, 35 Campus Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881 |
| Phone: | 401-874-1000 |
| Website: | https://web.uri.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/universityofri |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/universityofri |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 331 | $82,218 |
| Business Administration & Management | 280 | $55,160 |
| General Psychology | 230 | $37,414 |
| General Biology | 193 | $45,846 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 180 | $36,785 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 177 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 154 | NA |
| Mechanical Engineering | 136 | $70,724 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 130 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 120 | $44,363 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 6,012 students took at least one online class at University of Rhode Island. This is a decrease from the 6,527 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 6,012 | 775 |
| 2021-2022 | 6,527 | 1,023 |
| 2020-2021 | 15,661 | 3,855 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,779 | 724 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Rhode Island.
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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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