University of
Rhode Island
Public Research University in Kingston, RI. Six-year graduation rate 72%. Median 10-year earnings $69,743.
Ten-year median earnings of $69,743 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. The six-year graduation rate of 72% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates carry a median of $22,250 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
University of Rhode Island accepts 72% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. With 26,987 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. A 15% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. The score bands below rest on the 27% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 520–650 | 820 (27%) |
| SAT Math | 500–630 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 72% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 84% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Transfer-out runs to 18% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Retention drops to 48% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The student-faculty ratio is 17:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 13,822 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $24,118 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $14,368 at the $0–30k band to $28,460 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 88% of students receive it, averaging $12,851. Federal borrowing reaches 52% of students.
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 · 3,264 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 | $14,368 |
| $30–48k | $12,923 |
| $48–75k | $17,803 |
| $75–110k | $23,394 |
| $110k+ | $28,460 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 7,211 of these 13,822 students, totalling $44,829,082 — an average of $6,217 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Washington 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)