Rhode Island School of Design

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

Rhode Island School of Design operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 2,084 students of which 2,127 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 School of Design 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 18.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,473 and an ACT midpoint of 31. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $50,507, with published in-state tuition of $62,688 and a Pell grant recipient share of 14.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 88.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 95.0%. Graduates earn a median of $68,140 ten years after enrolling, compared with $45,932 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 48900.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 65.7% 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.