Roger Williams University
Private College in Bristol, RI. Six-year graduation rate 69%. Median 10-year earnings $70,266.
Students who entered Roger Williams University reach a median of $70,266 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Completion is a strength: 69% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $26,940, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 88% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool runs to 8,029, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 13%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. 19% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 580–660 | 171 (19%) |
| SAT Math | 560–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 24–29 | 21 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 69% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 81% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 24% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 50% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,048 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $38,779 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The income table below is the number that matters — $29,778 at $0–30k versus $40,792 at $110k+. About 82% get grants averaging $23,522, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 56% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,010 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $29,778 |
| $30–48k | $30,087 |
| $48–75k | $33,623 |
| $75–110k | $37,318 |
| $110k+ | $40,792 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,252 of these 4,048 students, totalling $14,524,424 — an average of $6,450 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bristol County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)