Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island · Public · Predominantly bachelor's · Suburb: Large

Official websiteNet price calculatorAccreditor: New England Commission on Higher Education

The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $10,959. 45% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $60,399 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $19,041.

Average net price
$10,959
per year Verified data
Completion rate
45%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$60,399
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$19,041
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$11,709
Out-of-state tuition and fees$28,268
Average cost of attendance$18,940
Books and supplies$1,200
Room and board, on campus$15,108
Average net price, all aided students$10,959
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$6,871
Average net price, family income over $110,000$18,191

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
92%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
870 to 1120
ACT composite range, middle 50%
Data unavailable
Undergraduate enrollment
5,049
Graduate enrollment
1,001
Students receiving Pell grants
43%
Student to faculty ratio
15 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

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Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time45%
Completion within normal time21%
First-year retention (full-time)73%
Median federal debt, graduates$19,041
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$216
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$18,294
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry73%
1 year after completion$48,347
4 years after completion$59,430
6 years after entry$49,467
8 years after entry$54,721
10 years after entry$60,399
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $60,399; the middle half earned $41,890 to $81,693. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at Rhode Island College

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

113 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Undergraduate certificate (5)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Basic Skills and Developmental/Remedial Education
CIP 32.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
34Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Gerontology
CIP 30.11 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
International/Globalization Studies
CIP 30.20 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Bachelor's degree (69)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
63$53,250$19,500
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
45$74,983$28,767
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Area Studies
CIP 05.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
CIP 26.02 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
22$45,605$16,291
Biotechnology
CIP 26.12 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
45$51,331$14,397
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
4$41,435Suppressed for privacy
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
20$38,858$19,500
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
39$52,073$20,943
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
43$44,690$15,816
Dance
CIP 50.03 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Data Science
CIP 30.70 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.06 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
14$27,645Suppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Education, General
CIP 13.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Education, Other
CIP 13.99 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
13$36,849$20,500
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CIP 05.02 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
21$54,774Suppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
19$35,898$19,833
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Gerontology
CIP 30.11
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
CIP 51.00 · No credentials fully online
50$42,893$19,500
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · No credentials fully online
15$46,026$30,250
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
13$39,676Suppressed for privacy
Homeland Security
CIP 43.03
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
CIP 19.07 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Resources Management and Services
CIP 52.10 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
International/Globalization Studies
CIP 30.20
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Journalism
CIP 09.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Information Systems and Services
CIP 52.12 · No credentials fully online
22$50,046Suppressed for privacy
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · No credentials fully online
22$47,244$17,062
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
8$52,181Suppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · No credentials fully online
12$38,071Suppressed for privacy
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
CIP 30.00 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online
5$36,144Suppressed for privacy
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
CIP 26.15
$41,179Suppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
24$43,978$12,256
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
97$44,810$22,101
Psychology, Other
CIP 42.99 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other
CIP 44.99 · All credentials fully online
46Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
CIP 09.09 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
CIP 09.07
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · Some credentials fully online
134$81,455$27,000
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Security Science and Technology
CIP 43.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Sciences, General
CIP 45.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
70$43,542$20,500
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
13$48,925$16,475
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
18$51,340Suppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
38$39,862$23,250
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
54$47,221$27,000
Visual and Performing Arts, General
CIP 50.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Master's degree (22)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Education, Other
CIP 13.99 · No credentials fully online
15$63,778Suppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · No credentials fully online
30$57,351Suppressed for privacy
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
CIP 30.00 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
25$116,291Suppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
113$63,368Suppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
33$67,384Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
15$65,730Suppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graduate certificate (14)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
CIP 26.02 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
12$60,877Suppressed for privacy
Education, Other
CIP 13.99 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
CIP 19.07 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · No credentials fully online
21Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Doctoral degree (2)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Education, General
CIP 13.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Professional degree (JD, MD, and similar) (1)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 217420, OPEID 003407. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.