unitid 217420 · Providence, RI · public 4-year · suburb (large)
Rhode Island College
- enrollment 2023
- 10,012
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
92%
75th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
5,049
51st pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
42%
undergrads on Pell grants
78th pctl among public 4-years
completion
48%
finish within 150% time
54th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$17,454
25th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$9,478
after aid, aided students
29th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$56,318
after entry, Title IV students
66th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$20,500
59th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $6,378 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k34%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k16%
- 110k+18%
- Median family income
- $35,669
- First-generation students
- 45%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,300
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.7× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 121 | $80,586 | $27,000 |
| Social Work. | 118 | $66,005 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 113 | $46,205 | $22,723 |
| Social Work. | 90 | $50,901 | $24,100 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 66 | $66,333 | $23,044 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 59 | $54,765 | $29,659 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 53 | $55,218 | $21,625 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 49 | $67,913 | $27,000 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 44 | $52,978 | $27,000 |
| Computer Science. | 42 | — | $25,000 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 42 | $72,802 | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 39 | $66,478 | $18,881 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.