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University of Rhode Island 2025 Best Colleges Ranking Media Kit

College Factual has released it’s Best Colleges Rankings for 2025 and University of Rhode Island has received a top ranking. You can read more about this year’s release or continue on for details on how URI did in this year’s analysis.

This page was created to give you an overview of how URI fared in College Factual’s Best Colleges Rankings.

2025 Ranking Overview

Nationwide Ranking

URI placed #241 out of 2,152 schools analyzed in the 2025 Best Colleges Ranking. This ranks it in the best of schools in the U.S. for students!

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This report features highlighted rankings from the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Rankings by Major

In addition to the top overall ranking, URI has been ranked for quality bachelor’s degree programs:

Ranking Name	Rank	Out Of	Percentile
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65	933	93.0%
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7	231	97.0%
Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	66	654	89.9%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56	925	94.0%
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128	1,055	87.9%
Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28	206	86.4%
Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59	630	90.6%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83	571	85.5%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	119	1,150	89.6%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	122	816	85.1%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	105	959	89.1%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60	540	88.9%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	99	883	88.8%
Best Romance Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22	182	87.9%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	200	1,187	83.2%
Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32	164	80.5%
Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12	72	83.3%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	109	694	84.3%
Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21	128	83.6%
Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island	1	5	80.0%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island	1	5	80.0%
Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34	182	81.3%
Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11	51	78.4%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island	1	7	85.7%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island	1	6	83.3%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island	1	4	75.0%
Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island	1	4	75.0%
Best Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	1	4	75.0%
Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island	1	3	66.7%
Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	1	3	66.7%
Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	1	3	66.7%
Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	1	3	66.7%
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island	1	3	66.7%
Best East Asian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9	39	76.9%
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53	233	77.3%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	8	88	90.9%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	101	378	73.3%
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	2	27	92.6%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113	481	76.5%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	130	471	72.4%
Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	5	43	88.4%
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	122	502	75.7%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	169	597	71.7%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	103	416	75.2%
Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	143	558	74.4%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	7	74	90.5%
Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	4	35	88.6%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island	2	7	71.4%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106	373	71.6%
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	13	78	83.3%
Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35	116	69.8%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	169	573	70.5%
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island	2	6	66.7%
Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10	30	66.7%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	9	45	80.0%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	12	77	84.4%
Best Entrepreneurial Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36	109	67.0%
Best Neurobiology & Neurosciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56	171	67.3%
Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76	228	66.7%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	11	62	82.3%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	8	42	81.0%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	21	90	76.7%
Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	4	13	69.2%
Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	4	15	73.3%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	15	68	77.9%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	20	73	72.6%
Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	3	9	66.7%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island	3	9	66.7%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	12	48	75.0%
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	10	38	73.7%
Best Romance Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	4	12	66.7%
Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	7	22	68.2%
Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	13	41	68.3%
Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region	9	27	66.7%

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