Community College of Rhode Island - Community College Profile

Academic Overview

Community College of Rhode Island is a 2-4 years, public school located in Warwick, Rhode Island. For the academic year 2023-2024, the tuition & fees are $5,326 for Rhode Island residents and $14,210 for other students on average. It offers 109 degree programs through 18 Certificate, 64 Associate's programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity is given to 1 programs (1 Associate's programs). The average earning in 10 years after graduation from the school is $34,300.

Directory Information and Key Academic Statistics
Type	2-4 years, public
Address	400 East Ave, Warwick, RI
Phone	401-825-1000
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) »	In-State$5,326 Out-of-State$14,210
Student Population »	12,263 Total Enrollment
Graduation Rate »	23%
Transfer-out Rate	9%
Retention Rate	60% (Full-time) 40% (Part-time)
Average Financial Aid »	$5,289
Students to Faculty	17:1 (5.88%)
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$34,300

2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2024 tuition & fees are $5,326 for Rhode Island residents and $14,210 for out-of-state students at Community College of Rhode Island. Its tuition & fees are cheaper than the average tuition ($14,210) over public community colleges in Rhode Island.

The following table shows the 2023-2024 tuition & fees, books & supplies, and living costs at Community College of Rhode Island. Then, we compare its costs to Rhode Island community colleges and all U.S. community colleges. In addition, the chart shows the changes in tuition over the last 5 years.

Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs at the school. You can check more comprehensive tuition information on the cost of attendance page.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Cost Of Attendance
	Rhode Island Residents	Out-of-State
Tuition & Fees	$5,326	$14,210
Books & Supplies	$1,200
Off-Campus Living Costs	$19,613
Average Financial Aid	$5,289
Cost of Attendance	$26,139	$35,023
After Financial Aid	$20,850	$29,734
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$34,300

Cost per Credit Hour

2024 Tuition & Fees and Comparison
	Rhode Island Residents	Out-of-State Students
Community College of Rhode Island	$5,326	$14,210
Public Community Colleges in Rhode Island	$5,326	$14,210
Public Community Colleges in U.S.	$4,939	$8,623

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

Community College of Rhode Island offers Certificate and Associate's programs. Of that, 1 programs can be conferred by distance learning - 1 Associate's. The following table summarizes the number of offered programs by degree types.

Total Number of Programs
	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Online Programs	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Total Programs	18	64	NOT OFFERED

The next tables list major programs with offered degrees and online availability. The number on each column denotes the conferred degree of the program.

The numbers include completers through on-campus classes and partially online classes as well as only online classes. Only in Classroom means that the program is offered only on-site classes and not offered denotes that the school does not offer the program.

You may want to see all schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Communication	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Computer and Information Sciences	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Computer Programming, Specific Applications	9 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	22 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Computer Support Specialist	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Special Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	11 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	33 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Chemical Engineering	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Computer Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Industrial Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biochemical Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Energy Systems Engineering, General	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Computer Engineering Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	NOT OFFERED	14 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Foreign Languages and Literatures	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	NOT OFFERED	23 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
General Studies	NOT OFFERED	1,075 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Military Technologies and Applied Sciences

what is Military Technologies and Applied Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare	NOT OFFERED	25 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Biological and Physical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	11 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Gerontology	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Science Technologies/Technicians

what is Science Technologies/Technicians program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Chemical Technology/Technician	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Criminal Justice/Police Science	NOT OFFERED	47 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	NOT OFFERED	10 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Social Work	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Precision Production Trades

what is Precision Production Trades program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) Machinist Technology/CNC Machinist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies	NOT OFFERED	16 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Music	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Jazz/Jazz Studies	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Dental Assisting/Assistant	14 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	NOT OFFERED	25 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller	17 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Occupational Therapist Assistant	NOT OFFERED	26 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Physical Therapy Technician/Assistant	NOT OFFERED	33 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	10 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	NOT OFFERED	22 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	11 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	17 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	NOT OFFERED	19 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Histologic Technician	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	224 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	NOT OFFERED	19 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	112 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	19 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Customer Service Management	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	23 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Financial Planning and Services	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing Management	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Tourism Promotion Operations	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Student Population

There are 12,263 students at Community College of Rhode Island including both full-time and part-time students. By gender, 4,698 male students and 7,264 female students are attending the school.

The following table shows the total number of students by gender and attending status at the school. You can check more enrollment information of the school.

Student Population
	Total	Full-Time	Part-time
Total	11,962	4,736	7,226
Male Students	4,698	2,169	2,529
Female Students	7,264	2,567	4,697

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

At Community College of Rhode Island, there are 12,263 students including in both full-time and part-time status. Of that, 6,715 students were attending classes through distance learning (2,916 students are enrolled exclusively and 3,799 are enrolled in some online courses) .

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	12,263
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	2,916
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	3,799
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	5,548