Community College of Rhode Island

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Community College of Rhode Island

Community College of Rhode Island operates as a public institution located in Warwick, Rhode Island (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 11,171 students of which 16,546 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Community College of Rhode Island is categorized as “1” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. Admission rate data is not currently reported for this institution. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $6,513, with published in-state tuition of $5,550 and a Pell grant recipient share of 46.7%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $10,920, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 25.5% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $42,659 ten years after enrolling, compared with $33,476 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 457500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 48.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.