by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Health & Wellness. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Health Sciences & Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Rhode Island. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in health science, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at URI was ranked #78 on College Factual's Best Schools for health science list. It is also ranked #2 in Rhode Island.
Here are some of the other rankings for URI.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at URI paid an average of $1,271 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $538 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $12,922 | $30,496 |
| Fees | $2,082 | $2,082 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,250 | $1,250 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $13,352 | $13,352 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,446 | $2,446 |
Learn more about URI tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the URI health science bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the URI Online Learning page.
About 80.8% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in health science in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 77.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 33.7% of the health science bachelor’s degrees at URI in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 49%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 66 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Health Sciences & Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Health & Wellness | 104 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to health sciences and services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 61 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 3 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 31 |
| Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 35 |
| Nursing | 362 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
