Enrollment Trends at URI

The student population at University of Rhode Island is 17,473 (14,768 undergraduate and 2,705 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,022 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at URI is 84.52% which is increased by 1,392 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 370 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

775 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 244.44% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 17,255 where 17,473 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.52% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.48% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,392 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 370 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in URI than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Rhode Island since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	16,451	13,376	6,099	7,277	3,075	1,314	1,761
2013-14	16,387 -64	13,354 -22	6,170 71	7,184 -93	3,033 -42	1,285 -29	1,748 -13
2014-15	16,571 184	13,589 235	6,283 113	7,306 122	2,982 -51	1,211 -74	1,771 23
2015-16	16,613 42	13,641 52	6,223 -60	7,418 112	2,972 -10	1,203 -8	1,769 -2
2016-17	17,822 1,209	14,812 1,171	6,512 289	8,300 882	3,010 38	1,212 9	1,798 29
2017-18	18,089 267	15,107 295	6,582 70	8,525 225	2,982 -28	1,186 -26	1,796 -2
2018-19	17,777 -312	14,778 -329	6,452 -130	8,326 -199	2,999 17	1,220 34	1,779 -17
2019-20	17,465 -312	14,548 -230	6,417 -35	8,131 -195	2,917 -82	1,149 -71	1,768 -11
2020-21	17,649 184	14,904 356	6,461 44	8,443 312	2,745 -172	1,071 -78	1,674 -94
2021-22	17,511 -138	14,744 -160	6,389 -72	8,355 -88	2,767 22	1,037 -34	1,730 56
2022-23	17,473 -38	14,768 24	6,312 -77	8,456 101	2,705 -62	1,002 -35	1,703 -27
Average	17,255	14,329	6,355	7,975	2,926	1,172	1,754

University of Rhode Island Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 14,329 where 14,768 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Rhode Island since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	13,376	11,923	5,471	6,452	1,453	628	825
2013-14	13,354	11,829	5,478	6,351	1,525	692	833
2014-15	13,589	12,139	5,591	6,548	1,450	692	758
2015-16	13,641	12,293	5,611	6,682	1,348	612	736
2016-17	14,812	12,485	5,564	6,921	2,327	948	1,379
2017-18	15,107	12,629	5,606	7,023	2,478	976	1,502
2018-19	14,778	12,485	5,552	6,933	2,293	900	1,393
2019-20	14,548	12,596	5,620	6,976	1,952	797	1,155
2020-21	14,904	12,712	5,532	7,180	2,192	929	1,263
2021-22	14,744	12,791	5,507	7,284	1,953	882	1,071
2022-23	14,768	12,931	5,490	7,441	1,837	822	1,015
Average	14,329	14,329	5,547	6,890	14,329	807	1,085

University of Rhode Island Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,926 where 2,705 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Rhode Island since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,075	1,856	779	1,077	1,219	535	684
2013-14	3,033	1,833	751	1,082	1,200	534	666
2014-15	2,982	1,885	739	1,146	1,097	472	625
2015-16	2,972	1,835	715	1,120	1,137	488	649
2016-17	3,010	1,781	698	1,083	1,229	514	715
2017-18	2,982	1,797	717	1,080	1,185	469	716
2018-19	2,999	1,836	711	1,125	1,163	509	654
2019-20	2,917	1,815	680	1,135	1,102	469	633
2020-21	2,745	1,677	639	1,038	1,068	432	636
2021-22	2,767	1,738	619	1,119	1,029	418	611
2022-23	2,705	1,683	580	1,103	1,022	422	600
Average	2,926	2,926	693	1,101	2,926	478	654

University of Rhode Island Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.34%. The percentage was 68.77% 10 years ago and URI still has a high percentage of white students. 3.45% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.84% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Rhode Island over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	49	497	780	1,174	10	11,314	274
2013-14	51	539	772	1,254	6	11,131	332
2014-15	44	534	803	1,288	6	11,396	394
2015-16	42	579	809	1,400	5	11,532	414
2016-17	46	642	855	1,531	10	12,522	376
2017-18	47	634	892	1,604	15	12,801	417
2018-19	39	621	901	1,590	17	12,732	429
2019-20	38	630	835	1,641	16	12,330	454
2020-21	27	597	883	1,713	12	12,357	490
2021-22	29	605	825	1,714	7	12,400	493
2022-23	32	602	846	1,762	10	12,465	549
Average	40	589	836	1,516	10	12,089	420

University of Rhode Island Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

775 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 244.44% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Rhode Island from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	16,571	225	5,074	11,272
2015-16	16,613	237	5,698	10,678
2016-17	17,822	540	2,378	14,904
2017-18	18,089	739	3,013	14,337
2018-19	17,777	724	3,055	13,998
2019-20	17,465	646	3,314	13,505
2020-21	17,649	3,855	11,806	1,988
2021-22	17,511	1,023	5,504	10,984
2022-23	17,473	775	5,237	11,461
Average	17,441	974	5,009	11,459

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