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Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, RI · Public

Academics

Majors and faculty

The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (13% of graduates). 15 students for every faculty member, more than at 66% of colleges. 100% of faculty are full-time. Spends $10,795 a year on instruction per student.

Most popular majors

1,061 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates

The top 5 programs account for 41% of graduates; 85 programs in 23 fields awarded at least one.

  1. Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380113% 135
    Graduates in this field earn $83,068 4 years out
  2. Psychology, General 42.010111% 115
    Graduates in this field earn $52,758 4 years out
  3. Social Work 44.07015.9% 63
    Graduates in this field earn $53,312 4 years out
  4. Business Administration and Management, General 52.02015.7% 60
    Graduates in this field earn $58,221 4 years out
  5. Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General 51.00005.4% 57
    Graduates in this field earn $50,854 4 years out

Fastest-growing field: Health professions, 19% → 25% of graduates since 2014–15 (266 graduates in 2024–25).

Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.

Top-earning majors here

By earnings 4 years after completion

  1. Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$84,238 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $60,999

    4 years after completion$84,238
    National median: $70,786Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: $60,602 · Non-Pell: $66,633(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $25,152 · 86 graduates, two most recent years combined

  2. Computer Science$83,259 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $60,361

    4 years after completion$83,259
    National median: $107,009Below typical

    Median federal debt: $22,801 · 86 graduates, two most recent years combined

  3. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$83,068 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $73,235

    4 years after completion$83,068
    National median: $88,910Below typical

    4 years out, Pell: $73,007 · Non-Pell: $70,658(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $24,750 · 272 graduates, two most recent years combined

  4. Management Information Systems and Services$76,873 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $47,857

    4 years after completion$76,873
    National median: $83,290Below typical

    Median federal debt: $18,060 · 28 graduates, two most recent years combined

  5. Mathematics$72,410 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report

    4 years after completion$72,410
    National median: $69,562Above typical

    Median federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 11 graduates, two most recent years combined

Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.

Students per faculty member vs. every college15 to 1
15 to 1
← Fewer students per facultymore students per faculty member than 66% of 1,892More students per faculty →

The college also reports 14 to 1 in its Common Data Set (5,308 students, 372 faculty).

Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.

Class sizes

43%

of classes have fewer than 20 students; 3% have 50 or more

Under 20 students 20 or moreStudents per class section
Undergraduate class sections by number of students
StudentssectionsShare
2–914616%
10–1925427%
20–2935038%
30–3914415%
40–49121%
50–99202%
100+40%

This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.

Programs & curriculum

  • Accelerated program
  • Cross-registration
  • Distance learning
  • Double major
  • English as a Second Language
  • Domestic exchange program
  • Independent study
  • Internships
  • Student-designed major
  • Teacher certification
  • Study abroad

Requires coursework in English composition, a foreign language, humanities, intensive writing, philosophy, a natural science, and social science.

Full-time faculty100%
National median: 67%Above typical
Average faculty salary

$103,769

9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.

Spending and endowment

Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other public colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable. Many public universities' endowments sit mostly in a separate foundation this survey doesn't count, so this likely understates what's actually available.

Instruction spending per student$10,795
$10,795
← Lessmore than 52% of 557More →
Endowment per student$8,365
$8,365
← Lessmore than 34% of 537More →

Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Rhode Island College Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Rhode Island College Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)