Finance at University of Rhode Island

What traits are you looking for in a finance school? To help you decide if University of Rhode Island is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's finance program.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649. Of the 643 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Rhode Island in 2021, 100 of them were finance majors.

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

URI Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Master’s Degree in Finance

URI Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at URI compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 finance major at URI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. 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
	144
	145
	151
	459
	586

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in finance from URI. This makes it the #130 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Finance Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 100 finance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from URI, about 82% were men and 18% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance 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 finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	77
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

URI Finance Master’s Program

The finance program at URI awarded 2 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 100% of these degrees went to men with the other 0% going to women.

Of the students who received a finance master's degree from URI, 100% 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 finance.

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

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

Related Majors

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
Financial Managers	2,580	$145,120
Loan Officers	1,820	$69,500
Financial Analysts	1,010	$80,650
Personal Financial Advisors	850	$112,430

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.