Graduate Programs at University of Rhode Island

Graduate School Overview

University of Rhode Island (referred to as URI) is a Public, 4 years school located in Kingston, RI.

The school is accredited by New England Commission of Higher Education (12/1/1931 - Current).

URI Directory Information
School Name	University of Rhode Island (URI)
Address	Green Hall, 35 Campus Avenue, Kingston, RI 2881
Phone	401-874-1000
Web	https://web.uri.edu
Online Application	https://web.uri.edu/admission
Financial Info	https://web.uri.edu/enrollment/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of URI is $17,450 for Rhode Island residents and $31,952 for out-of-state students. The school has 2,705 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 17,473 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 217 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), Doctorate (Professional Practice), and Doctorate (Other). Among them, 17 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$31,952 $17,450 for Rhode Island Residents
Student Population	2,705
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), Doctorate (Professional Practice), and Doctorate (Other)
Number of Programs	217 graduate programs (17 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at URI is $17,450 for Rhode Island residents and $31,952 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $823 for Rhode Island residents and $1,590 for out-of-state students.

URI offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Rhode Island Residents	$17,450
Out-of-State	$31,952
Tuition per Credit Hour
Rhode Island Residents	$823
Out-of-State	$1,590

URI offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	17 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of Rhode Island is $17,450 for Rhode Island residents and $31,952 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 4.24% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Rhode Island Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$13,226	$1,698	$25,854	$1,698
2019-2020	$13,734	$1,780	$26,512	$1,780
2020-2021	$14,096	$1,868	$27,214	$1,868
2021-2022	$14,454	$1,868	$27,906	$1,868
2022-2023	$14,822	$2,036	$28,616	$2,036
2023-2024	$15,402	$2,048	$29,904	$2,048

The graduate school tuition & fees of URI is relatively expensive compared to public graduate schools in Rhode Island. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Rhode Island graduate tuition is $25,091 (public) / $28,982 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of Rhode Island	$17,450	$31,952
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Rhode Island Graduate Schools	$20,635	$28,334
Public	$13,619	$25,091
Private	$28,982

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $19,482 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at URI.

On-campus living costs are increased by 8.21% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $16,868. Off-campus living costs are increased by 5.64% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$12,528	$2,435	$9,586	$4,236
2019-2020	$12,688	$2,342	$10,486	$4,290
2020-2021	$13,352	$2,446	$10,486	$4,496
2021-2022	$13,618	$2,496	$10,486	$4,546
2022-2023	$13,584	$2,436	$11,386	$4,582
2023-2024	$14,900	$2,436	$12,286	$4,582

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $852 for Rhode Island residents and $1,657 for other students at University of Rhode Island. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 4.21% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Rhode Island Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$735	$1,436
2019-2020	$763	$1,473
2020-2021	$783	$1,512
2021-2022	$803	$1,550
2022-2023	$823	$1,590
2023-2024	$852	$1,657

The following table shows the tuition & fees for medical school at URI.

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at University of Rhode Island
	Rhode Island Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Pharmacy	$13,586	$5,544	$32,068	$5,544

Graduate Programs at URI

University of Rhode Island offers 122 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 1,072 students have completed their study at University of Rhode Island.

Offered Degrees at University of Rhode Island
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	54	5	681
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	30	0	93
Doctor's degree - professional practice	1	0	26
Doctor's degree - other	3	0	114
Post Bachelor's Degree	32	11	154
Post Master's Degree	2	0	4
Total	122	16	1,072

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of Rhode Island by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration program with 41 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 126 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Pharmacy program with 110 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of Rhode Island
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	41	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	27	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	21	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	20	-
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	✕	9	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of Rhode Island
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	126	$73,900
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services (other)	✔	50	-
Library and Information Science	✕	37	$43,600
Nursing Science	✕	32	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy	✕	31	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of Rhode Island
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Pharmacy	✕	110	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	26	-
Education	✕	15	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	13	-
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	✕	9	-

University of Rhode Island offers 122 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 1,072 students have completed their graduate studies.

681 students have earned/completed Master's program.
114 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
26 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Other) program.
154 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
4 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	-	-
Animal Sciences	✕	-	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	-	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy	✕	31	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	10	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	30 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	3	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	27	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	42 completers	$46,100
Education	✕	18	$46,100
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	10	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	14	-
Engineering [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	-	-
Civil Engineering	✕	8	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	11	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	13	-
Ocean Engineering	✕	11	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	5	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	12	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	10	$42,900
Apparel and Textiles	✕	4	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	2 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	2	-
Library Science [+]	✕	37 completers	$43,600
Library and Information Science	✕	37	$43,600
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Molecular Biology	✕	-	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	✕	1	-
Aquatic Biology/Limnology	✕	-	-
Neuroscience	✕	3	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	4	-
Statistics	✕	8	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	18	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	12	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	2	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	19	-
Physics	✕	-	-
Physics (other)	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Psychology	✕	6	-
School Psychology	✕	-	-
Human Services [+]	✕	39 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	30	$54,700
Public Policy Analysis	✕	9	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Applied Economics	✕	12	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	11	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Music	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	140 completers	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	26	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✔	21	-
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist	✕	-	-
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	✕	7	-
Health/Medical Physics	✕	4	-
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services (other)	✔	50	-
Nursing Science	✕	32	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	168 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	126	$73,900
Accounting	✕	23	$62,400
Finance	✕	-	-
Labor and Industrial Relations	✕	4	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✔	15	-
History [+]	✕	5 completers	-
History	✕	5	-
	Total	681

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	-	-
Environmental Science	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	3	-
Education [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Education	✕	15	-
Engineering [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	2	-
Civil Engineering	✕	1	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	8	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	3	-
Ocean Engineering	✕	1	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	4 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Biochemistry	✕	-	-
Molecular Biology	✕	-	-
Neuroscience	✕	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	13	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	5	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	5	-
Physics	✕	1	-
Psychology [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Experimental Psychology	✕	-	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	9	-
School Psychology	✕	-	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✕	-	-
Human Services [+]	✕	-	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Applied Economics	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	✕	9	-
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	✕	-	-
Nursing Science	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	3	-
	Total	93

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	114 completers	-
Pharmacy	✕	110	-
Nursing Practice	✕	4	-
Business [+]	✕	-	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	-	-
	Total	114

Doctorate (Other) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	26	-
	Total	26

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	1	-
Engineering [+]	✕	-	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	-	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	-	-
Library Science [+]	✕	-	-
Library and Information Science	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Neuroscience	✕	4	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (2 completers)	-	-
Public Administration	✔	-	-
Public Policy Analysis	✔	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✔	-	-
Business	✕	-	-
	Total	154

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Nursing Practice	✕	4	-
	Total	4

Graduate Student Population at URI

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 2,705 students enrolled into University of Rhode Island graduate schools where it has total 17,473 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,683 full-time and 1,022 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,002 male and 1,703 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,705	1,002	1,703
Full-time	1,683	580	1,103
Part-tme	1,022	422	600

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 1,693 White (62.59%), 97 Black/African American (3.59%), 160 Hispanic (5.91%), 119 Asian (4.40%), and 636 students with other races. 276 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,705	1,002	1,703
American Indian/Native American	4	2	2
Asian	119	41	78
Black/African American	97	41	56
Hispanic	160	56	104
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	2	1
White	1,693	610	1,083
Two More	54	16	38
Un-Known	299	92	207
Non-resident Alien	276	142	134

University of Rhode Island offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 533 graduate students (19.70% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 233 graduate students (8.61% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	2,705
Enrolled Online Exclusively	533
Enrolled Some Online Courses	233
Not in Online Courses	1,939

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