Rhode Island College

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

Rhode Island College operates as a public institution located in Providence, Rhode Island (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 5,049 students of which 9,015 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. Rhode Island College is categorized as “18” 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. The reported admission rate is 91.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 990. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $9,478, with published in-state tuition of $11,300 and a Pell grant recipient share of 42.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $20,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 47.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 73.3%. Graduates earn a median of $56,318 ten years after enrolling, compared with $46,882 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 330800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 64.9% 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.