Business Administration & Management at University of Rhode Island

Every business administration and management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the business administration program at University of Rhode Island stacks up to those at other schools.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year. Of the 643 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Rhode Island in 2021, 138 of them were business administration and management majors.

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

URI Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

URI Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how URI performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at URI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	185
	429
	699
	867
	924
	1,157

In 2021, 91 students received their master’s degree in business administration from URI. This makes it the #330 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #186 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Business Administration Graduates from URI Make?

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $50,450. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 22% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of business administration bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at URI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	112
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

URI Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 91 students who graduated with a master’s in business administration from URI in 2021, 56% were men and 44% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from URI, 75% 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 business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	68
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

URI also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

If you plan to be a business administration major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Rhode Island. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	156
Supply Chain Management	73

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• General Business/Commerce
• International Business

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration 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
General and Operations Managers	5,730	$155,910
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	4,770	$62,480
Retail Sales Supervisors	3,590	$56,540
Management Analysts	3,120	$87,610
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	2,590	$71,230

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.