University Of Rhode Island

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

The University of Rhode Island, or URI, the state's land-, sea- and public urban research institution, was chartered as an agricultural school in 1988 after the Morrill Act.

The school became the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts six years later and later, with a revised and expanded program of study, Rhode Island State College in 1909.

The university adopted its current name in 1951 by an act of the General Assembly. The Board of Governors for Higher Education appointed by the governor became the governing body of the University in 1981.

The main campus of URI covers more than 1200 acres in Kingston. There are three other campuses--Feinstein Providence, W. Alton Jones, and Narragansett Bay.

The university is funded by total sponsored program awards of over $86 million in fiscal year 2009--nearly $69 million from federal sources.

The university is divided into several academic units, including:

• College of Continuing Education
• Colleges of Arts and Sciences
• Colleges of Business Administration
• Colleges of Engineering
• Colleges of Environment and Life Sciences
• Colleges of Human Science and Services
• Colleges of Nursing
• Colleges of Pharmacy
• Graduate School of Oceanography
• University College

The Greek life at URI is very active--with more than eight fraternities and sororities, governed by the Panhellenic Council and Interfraternity Council. In February 2008, the school was recognized by the Northeast Greek Leadership Association for excellence in Council Management, Academic Achievement, Public Relations, Membership Recruitment, Risk Management, Multicultural Initiatives, and Panhellenic Continuous Open Bidding.

The university's Club Sports program consists of 16 competitive, collegiate club teams with over 600 student-athletes. URI competes against recognized club and varsity intercollegiate NCAA programs.

Famous alumni include Lincoln Almond, former Governor of Rhode Island; Dawan Robinson, NBA player for Los Angeles Clippers; Ron Rothstein, former NBA coach, first of Miami Heat; Sly Williams, former NBA player for New York Knicks; Dave Stenhouse, former MLB player with Washington Senators, coach of Brown University team; Jim O'Connor, TV host, Food Network; Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent, CNN: Thomas Ryan, CEO of CVS Corporation; Robert Ballard, oceanographer, discoverer of RMS Titanic; Gen. Leon J. LaPorte, U.S. Army four-star general; J.T. Walsh, actor; and John Geddes, managing editor, New York Times.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in therapy and counseling, construction trades, media, and conservation and resource management.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

URI participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 89% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 15,904 in 2009-2010 (14,389 full-time equivalent).

About 44% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 56% of the class.

Undergrads are 78% of enrolled students, graduate students are 19%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 3%.

Students under 25 years old represent 80% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

URI provides on-campus housing for 5,620 of its 14,389 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Atlantic 10 Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 160 male students received the aid (men were 50% of those receiving aid) and 157 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 50% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

URI offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (38 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (17 awarded)

• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (447 awarded)

• Accounting
• Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Labor and Industrial Relations
• Management Information Systems
• Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (37 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (70 awarded)

• Environmental Studies
• Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
• Natural Resources Management and Policy
• Natural Resources/Conservation
• Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (77 awarded)

• Apparel and Textiles

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (15 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (181 awarded)

• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (220 awarded)

• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Ocean Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (177 awarded)

• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
• Human Development and Family Studies
• Public Administration
• Public Policy Analysis

FINE ARTS (31 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (26 awarded)

• Applied Horticulture/Horticultural Business Services
• Plant Sciences

LIBERAL ARTS (502 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• Anthropology
• Applied Economics
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Italian Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Technical and Business Writing
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (33 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (242 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism
• Public Relations/Image Management

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (2 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (50 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (105 awarded)

• Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)
• Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
• Pharmacy Administration/Policy/Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD)

MUSIC (14 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (181 awarded)

• Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (29 awarded)

• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (12 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (9 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (197 awarded)

• Aquatic Biology/Limnology
• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Chemistry
• Conservation Biology
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
• Geology/Earth Science
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology
• Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
• Physics
• Zoology/Animal Biology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (0 awarded)

• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (256 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Communication Disorders
• Experimental Psychology
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology
• School Psychology