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University of Rhode Island is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. URI is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

681 Master's Degrees
233 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is University of Rhode Island?

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Contact details for URI are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Green Hall, 35 Campus Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881
Phone: 401-874-1000
Website: web.uri.edu
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/universityofri
Twitter: https://twitter.com/universityofri

University of Rhode Island Graduate Student Diversity

2,767 Graduate Students
63% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,767 graduate students at URI, 37% are male and 63% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Rhode Island graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 117
Black or African American 81
Hispanic or Latino 135
White 1,660
International Students 283
Other Races/Ethnicities 491

Geographic Diversity

Rhode Island students aren't the only ones who study at University of Rhode Island. At this time, 34 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 70 countries are represented at URI. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at University of Rhode Island

775 Took All Classes Online
6,012 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 6,012 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at URI has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 3rd most popular in Rhode Island for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of URI majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Business, Management & Marketing 12%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies 33%
Public Administration & Social Service 36%

University of Rhode Island Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 0 126 0 126
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 7 119 126
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 50 0 50
Human Resource Management 41 4 0 45
Nursing 4 32 5 41
Library & Information Science 0 37 0 37
General Education 0 18 15 33
Biological & Physical Science 0 18 13 31
Natural Resource Management 0 31 0 31
Geological & Earth Sciences 6 19 5 30
Public Administration 0 30 0 30
Information Technology 1 27 0 28
Geography & Cartography 27 0 0 27
Communication Sciences 0 26 0 26
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 26 26
Accounting 0 23 0 23
Health & Medical Administrative Services 1 21 0 22
Teacher Education Subject Specific 21 0 0 21
Natural Resources Conservation 20 0 0 20
Electrical Engineering 0 11 8 19
Mechanical Engineering 0 13 3 16
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 15 0 15
Teaching English or French 0 14 0 14
Economics 0 12 2 14
Ocean Engineering 0 11 1 12
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 12 0 12
Health & Physical Education 0 12 0 12
International Relations & National Security 0 11 0 11
Communication & Media Studies 0 10 0 10
Educational Administration 0 10 0 10
Human Development & Family Studies 0 10 0 10
Civil Engineering 0 8 1 9
Writing Studies 9 0 0 9
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 9 9
Public Policy 0 9 0 9
Statistics 0 8 0 8
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 4 3 0 7
Industrial Engineering 0 5 2 7
Chemistry 0 2 5 7
Music 0 7 0 7
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 6 0 0 6
General English Literature 0 2 4 6
Mathematics 0 4 2 6
General Psychology 0 6 0 6
Urban & Regional Planning 5 0 0 5
History 0 5 0 5
Fisheries Sciences 5 0 0 5
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 4 0 4
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 4 4
Public Health 0 4 0 4
Agricultural Production 3 0 0 3
General Business/Commerce 0 0 3 3
Computer Information Systems 0 3 0 3
Computer Science 0 0 3 3
Chemical Engineering 0 0 2 2
Security Science and Technology 2 0 0 2
Zoology 0 1 0 1
Computer Engineering 1 0 0 1
Ethnic Studies 1 0 0 1
Mathematics & Computer Science 1 0 0 1
Physics 0 0 1 1
Animal Science 0 0 0 0
Horticulture 0 0 0 0
Landscape Architecture 0 0 0 0
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 0 0
Biotechnology 0 0 0 0
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 0 0
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 0 0
General Biology 0 0 0 0
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 0
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 0 0
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 0 0
International Business 0 0 0 0
Marketing 0 0 0 0
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 0 0 0 0
Journalism 0 0 0 0
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 0 0
Special Education 0 0 0 0
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 0 0
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 0 0
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 0 0 0 0
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0 0 0
East Asian Languages 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0 0 0
Romance Languages 0 0 0 0
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 0 0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 0 0
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 0 0
Gerontology 0 0 0 0
Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Marine Science 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Thanatology 0 0 0 0
Wildlife Management 0 0 0 0
Philosophy 0 0 0 0
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 0 0
Anthropology 0 0 0 0
Criminology 0 0 0 0
Political Science & Government 0 0 0 0
Sociology 0 0 0 0
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 0 0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 0 0
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 158 681 233 1,072

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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