Summary
The student-faculty ratio at University of Rhode Island is 16:1, and the school has 32.7 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at University of Rhode Island include: Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse; Speech Communication and Rhetoric; Psychology, General; Accounting; and Physical Education Teaching and Coaching. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 80.2 percent.
Faculty & Classes
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Majors
| Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates | |||||||||||
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Academic Programs & Offerings
| Degrees offered | Bachelor's, Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's, Doctorate - professional practice, Doctorate - research/scholarship | ||||||||||||
| Combined-degree programs | Join BA in Africa and African American Studies with URI and RIC; Joint JD in Law with URI and Roger Williams University; Joint MMA in Law with URI and Roger Williams University; Joint MMA/JD in Master of Public Administration with URI and RIC; Joint MS in Engineering with URI and Technische Universit??t Braunschweig; Joint MS or MS/JD for Labor Relations and Human Resources with URI and Roger William University; Joint Ph.D in Education with URI and RIC | ||||||||||||
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Graduation & Retention
| Average freshman retention rate | 80% |
| 4-year graduation rate | 41 |
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* Academic Life details based on 2011 data
