Rhode Island College Business Programs

Located in Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island College is a public institution. RIC is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Rhode Island College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at RIC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#173	Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Rhode Island College?

Contact details for RIC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	600 Mount Pleasant Ave, Providence, RI 02908
Phone:	401-456-8000
Website:	www.ric.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/rhodeislandcollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/RICNews

How Do I Get Into RIC?

You can apply to RIC online at: https://www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for RIC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	recommended
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into RIC?

The acceptance rate at Rhode Island College is 81%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 74%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.

Average Test Scores

About 84% of students accepted to RIC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 450 and 560. Math scores were between 420 and 540.

RIC received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 18 and 25.

Can I Afford Rhode Island College?

The overall average net price of RIC is $32,081. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At RIC, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $6,584 a year. That adds up to $26,336 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at RIC is 7.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Rhode Island College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,998 undergraduate students at RIC, with 4,611 being full-time and 1,387 being part-time.

There are also 1,074 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,611 full-time undergraduates at RIC, 29% are male and 71% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	126
Black or African American	444
Hispanic or Latino	1,171
White	2,478
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	388

Geographic Diversity

Rhode Island students aren't the only ones who study at Rhode Island College. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 17 countries are represented at RIC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, Brazil, and Italy.

Online Learning at Rhode Island College

In 2019-2020, 7,030 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of RIC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Rhode Island College was 8,586.0%. This is the #27 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at RIC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Rhode Island College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Accounting	0	83	0	5	88
General Business Administration and Management	0	83	0	0	83
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	41	0	0	41
General Management Information Systems	0	26	0	0	26
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	18	0	4	0	22
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	22	0	0	22
Finance	0	19	0	0	19
Operations Management	0	0	0	17	17
General Economics	0	6	0	0	6
Project Management	0	0	3	0	3
Financial Planning & Services	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	18	280	7	22	327

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.