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Nursing at University of Rhode Island

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what University of Rhode Island has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received their master's degree in nursing.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

URI Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Nursing
  • Doctorate Degree in Nursing

URI Nursing Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #327 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at URI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at University of Rhode Island.

URI Nursing Master’s Program

86% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 22 nursing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from URI, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from URI, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Rhode Island with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation Jobs in RI Average Salary in RI
Registered Nurses 12,630 $78,420
Medical and Health Services Managers 1,660 $128,660
Nurse Practitioners 690 $109,290
Nursing Instructors and Professors 270 $78,450
Nurse Midwives 50 $107,700

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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