Graduate Programs | University of Rhode Island

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at University of Rhode Island with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Rhode Island residents, the tuition & fees are $17,450 and $31,952 for non-Rhode Island residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $852 for Rhode Island residents and $1,657 for out-of-state students.

Data source: IPEDS (integrated Postsecondary Education Dta System)

Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 03/01/2024)

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$15,402	$29,904
Fees	$2,048	$2,048
Cost per Credit	$852	$1,657
Books & Supplies	$1,250
Room & Board	$14,900 (On-Campus) / $12,286 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,436 (On-Campus) / $4,582 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$36,036	$50,538
Off-Campus Total	$35,568	$50,070

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$15,514	$15,964	$16,322	$16,858	$17,450
Out-of-State	$28,292	$29,082	$29,774	$30,652	$31,952

Graduate Program Overview

University of Rhode Island is a four-years, public school located in Kingston, Rhode Island. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $17,450 for Rhode Island residents and $31,952 for out-of-state students.

It offers 122 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	University of Rhode Island
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	Green Hall, 35 Campus Avenue, Kingston, RI
Graduate School Students	2,767 students 533 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$17,450 Out-of-State$31,952
Student to Faculty	17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 122 Graduate Programs 54 Master's, 34 Doctorate, 34 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of Rhode Island offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 122 major areas - 54 Master's (5 online programs), 34 Doctorate , 32 Post-Bachelor'(11 online programs), 2 Post-Master'. 681 students have been conferred Master's degree and 233 students have received Doctorate degree last year.The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	681	233	154	4
Men	264	77	56	-
Women	417	156	98	4

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Agriculture

what is Agriculture program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Aquaculture	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Natural Resources/Conservation	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	20^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Architecture

what is Architecture program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

what is Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Women's Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Reading Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	21	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Engineering (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

what is Work and Family Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Human Development and Family Studies	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	NOT OFFERED

Library Science

what is Library Science program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Library and Information Science	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Neuroscience	-	-	4	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics and Computer Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Thanatology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Hydrology and Water Resources Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	-	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Public Works Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Public Policy Analysis	-	-	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	27	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	41	NOT OFFERED
Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Agriculture

what is Agriculture program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Animal Sciences	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Science	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Natural Resources Management and Policy	31	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	27^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	18	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Special Education and Teaching	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	14^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemical Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering	8	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	11	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	13	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Ocean Engineering	11	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Industrial Engineering	5	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Spanish Language and Literature	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

what is Work and Family Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	12	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Human Development and Family Studies	10	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Apparel and Textiles	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	2	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Library Science

what is Library Science program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Library and Information Science	37	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Molecular Biology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Zoology/Animal Biology	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Aquatic Biology/Limnology	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Neuroscience	3	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	4	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Statistics	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences	18	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	2	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	19	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
School Psychology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	30	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Public Policy Analysis	9	-	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Applied Economics	12	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Relations and Affairs	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Music	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	21^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	7	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health/Medical Physics	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services (other)	50^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Science	32	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	126	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	23	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Finance	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Labor and Industrial Relations	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	15^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Gerontology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	4

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Science	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemical Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Ocean Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Industrial Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

what is Work and Family Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biochemistry	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Molecular Biology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Neuroscience	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Experimental Psychology	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Clinical Psychology	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
School Psychology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Applied Behavior Analysis	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Policy Analysis	-	-	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Applied Economics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Science	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Pharmacy	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 17,511 students enrolled in University of Rhode Island including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 2,767 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 1,037 male and 1,730 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 1,738 full-time and 1,029 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 533 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 233 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	2,767
Men Students	1,037
Women Students	1,730

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	2,767
Full-time Students	1,738
Part-time Students	1,029

By race/ethnicity 1,660 White, 81 Black, and 117 Asian students are attending at University of Rhode Island. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	2,767
American Indian / Native American	4
Asian	117
Black	81
Hispanic	135
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	1
White	1,660
Two or more races	45
Un-Known	441

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, 533 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 233 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	2,705
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	533
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	233
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	1,939

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	533
Rhode Island Resident	288
Other State In U.S.	222
Outside of U.S.	23

Graduate School Tuition at University of Rhode Island