University of Rhode Island Student Population

How many students at URI?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University of Rhode Island has a total enrollment of 17,210 students, including 14,376 undergraduate and 2,834 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 7,080 male students (41.1%) and 10,130 female students (58.9%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 12,060 White students (70.1%) and 1,987 Hispanic students (11.5%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 14,376 undergraduate students (83.5%) and 2,834 graduate students (16.5%).
• Class Delivery: 818 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 5,946 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - URI's body is almost same.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 7,080 male (41.14%) and 10,130 female (58.86%) students are attending University of Rhode Island. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 69.89.

By class level, 14,376 (83.53%) are undergraduate students and 2,834 (16.47%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 41.73% are male and 58.27% are female, while among graduate students, 38.14% are male and 61.86% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 12,060 White, 829 Black, and 585 Asian students out of a total of 17,210 are attending at University of Rhode Island. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Rhode Island is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 49% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, URI has 891 students under 18 years old and 14 students over 65 years old. There are 14,999 students under 25 years old, and 2,211 students over 25 years old out of 17,210 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 891 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. URI has 13,889 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 487 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,110 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,724 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of Rhode Island, 818 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,946 students are enrolled in some online courses.

512 students who live in Rhode Island or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 306 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 14,376 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 622 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.33%.568 students have transferred in as full-time status and 54 students transferred in as part-time status.