Sports Communication at University of Rhode Island

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

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, 8 of them were sports communication majors.

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

URI Sports Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Communication

URI Sports Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sports communication 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 sports communication major at URI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sports Communication. 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
	7
	15
	19
	29
	41

Sports Communication Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Sports Communication Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in sports communication from URI. About 63% were men and 38% were women. The typical sports communication bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sports communication 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 sports communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations

Careers That Sports Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in sports communication 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
Public Relations Specialists	1,150	$67,480
Communications Professors	120	$80,330

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.