University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island · Public

Of 75 assessed programs, 72 leave graduates out-earning a typical Rhode Island high-school graduate (about $40,428/yr) and 3 fall short. Another 136 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$14,368
$30k to $48k	$12,923
$48k to $75k	$17,803
$75k to $110k	$23,394
$110k and up	$28,460
All families (average)	$21,440

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

75 of 211 programs could be assessed 36% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Rhode Island high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$96,020	+$55,592	clears the bar	$19,500	0.4 yrs	290
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$56,571	+$16,143	clears the bar	$20,500	1.3 yrs	224
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$80,379	+$39,951	clears the bar	$22,250	0.6 yrs	193
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$64,520	+$24,092	clears the bar	$22,813	0.9 yrs	170
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$79,692	+$39,264	clears the bar	$20,500	0.5 yrs	154
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$108,248	+$67,820	clears the bar	$22,793	0.3 yrs	126
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$56,999	+$16,571	clears the bar	$21,875	1.3 yrs	120
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$89,901	+$49,473	clears the bar	$24,458	0.5 yrs	120
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$87,196	+$46,768	clears the bar	$21,875	0.5 yrs	111
Criminology	Bachelor's Degree	$31,729 1-year earnings	-$8,699	falls short	$19,000	insufficient data	110
Pharmacy	First Professional Degree	$137,117	+$96,689	clears the bar	$49,650	0.5 yrs	110
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$60,559	+$20,131	clears the bar	$19,567	1.0 yrs	108
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$75,011	+$34,583	clears the bar	$20,987	0.6 yrs	107
Public Relations and Advertising	Bachelor's Degree	$72,328	+$31,900	clears the bar	$22,214	0.7 yrs	97
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$88,915	+$48,487	clears the bar	$19,750	0.4 yrs	96
Human Development and Family Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$51,416	+$10,988	clears the bar	$25,000	2.3 yrs	92
Animal Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$50,203	+$9,775	clears the bar	$19,613	2.0 yrs	75
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$86,076	+$45,648	clears the bar	$22,458	0.5 yrs	74
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	$44,983	+$4,555	clears the bar	$19,500	4.3 yrs	65
Apparel and Textiles	Bachelor's Degree	$64,328	+$23,900	clears the bar	$23,594	1.0 yrs	64
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$60,922	+$20,494	clears the bar	$20,505	1.0 yrs	59
History	Bachelor's Degree	$54,001	+$13,573	clears the bar	$20,500	1.5 yrs	51
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Master's Degree	$66,768	+$26,340	clears the bar	$22,101	0.8 yrs	50
English	Bachelor's Degree	$54,524	+$14,096	clears the bar	$25,000	1.8 yrs	48
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$67,384	+$26,956	clears the bar	$23,830	0.9 yrs	47
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$77,225	+$36,797	clears the bar	$21,250	0.6 yrs	47
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$77,681	+$37,253	clears the bar	$25,000	0.7 yrs	42
Public Policy Analysis	Bachelor's Degree	$51,697	+$11,269	clears the bar	$23,000	2.0 yrs	41
Library Science and Administration	Master's Degree	$56,115	+$15,687	clears the bar	$30,750	2.0 yrs	37
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$45,571	+$5,143	clears the bar	$23,817	4.6 yrs	35
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Bachelor's Degree	$61,079	+$20,651	clears the bar	$19,402	0.9 yrs	35
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$79,457	+$39,029	clears the bar	$24,231	0.6 yrs	34
Nursing	Master's Degree	$129,967	+$89,539	clears the bar	$33,897	0.4 yrs	32
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	Master's Degree	$68,281	+$27,853	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	31
Biomedical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$96,532	+$56,104	clears the bar	$26,234	0.5 yrs	30
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$48,446	+$8,018	clears the bar	$20,500	2.6 yrs	30
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$86,349	+$45,921	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	30
Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$103,525	+$63,097	clears the bar	$26,816	0.4 yrs	28
IT Administration and Management	Master's Degree	$128,646	+$88,218	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$106,153	+$65,725	clears the bar	$21,500	0.3 yrs	27
Ocean Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$90,901	+$50,473	clears the bar	$26,294	0.5 yrs	26
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$73,746	+$33,318	clears the bar	$22,125	0.7 yrs	26
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$71,507	+$31,079	clears the bar	$30,750	1.0 yrs	26
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Doctoral Degree	$82,556	+$42,128	clears the bar	$66,446	1.6 yrs	26
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$52,115	+$11,687	clears the bar	$26,949	2.3 yrs	24
Accounting	Master's Degree	$93,081	+$52,653	clears the bar	$20,500	0.4 yrs	23
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$100,975	+$60,547	clears the bar	$26,101	0.4 yrs	22
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$44,272	+$3,844	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$28,181 1-year earnings	-$12,247	falls short	$19,888	insufficient data	20
Geology and Earth Science	Master's Degree	$83,661	+$43,233	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Education	Master's Degree	$63,909	+$23,481	clears the bar	$31,000	1.3 yrs	18
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$52,625	+$12,197	clears the bar	$20,500	1.7 yrs	18
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	Bachelor's Degree	$72,311	+$31,883	clears the bar	$21,750	0.7 yrs	16
Landscape Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	$74,488	+$34,060	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$77,224	+$36,796	clears the bar	$19,845	0.5 yrs	15
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Master's Degree	$78,288	+$37,860	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services	Bachelor's Degree	$48,403	+$7,975	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	$83,961 1-year earnings	+$43,533	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Industrial Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$90,399	+$49,971	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$33,972	-$6,456	falls short	$21,500	insufficient data	13
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$59,964	+$19,536	clears the bar	$19,737	1.0 yrs	12
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$53,802	+$13,374	clears the bar	$23,250	1.7 yrs	12
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$52,346	+$11,918	clears the bar	$23,000	1.9 yrs	12
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$80,478	+$40,050	clears the bar	$25,000	0.6 yrs	12
Human Development and Family Studies	Master's Degree	$64,289	+$23,861	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	$40,858	+$430	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	$98,161	+$57,733	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Public Policy Analysis	Master's Degree	$45,199 1-year earnings	+$4,771	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$48,348	+$7,920	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$90,953	+$50,525	clears the bar	$23,773	0.5 yrs	5
Medical Laboratory Science	Master's Degree	$113,331	+$72,903	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$64,916	+$24,488	clears the bar	$22,250	0.9 yrs	insufficient data
Health-Related Knowledge and Skills	Bachelor's Degree	$56,761	+$16,333	clears the bar	$23,250	1.4 yrs	insufficient data
Social Sciences, Other	Bachelor's Degree	$66,738	+$26,310	clears the bar	$22,615	0.9 yrs	insufficient data
Human Resources	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	$78,471	+$38,043	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	142
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	126
Pharmacy	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	51
Human Resources	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	41
Geography and Cartography	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Teacher Education (by subject)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Healthcare Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Natural Resources and Conservation	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Biotechnology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Biological and Physical Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Education	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Management Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Biological and Physical Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Ocean Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
International Relations	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
International Business	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Pharmacy	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Electrical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Agricultural Production Operations	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Pharmacy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Geology and Earth Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Industrial Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Geology and Earth Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Apparel and Textiles	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
English	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Neuroscience	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Health Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Public Health	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Human Resources	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Agricultural Production Operations	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Computer Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Mechanical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Neuroscience	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Business	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Chemical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Industrial Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Mathematics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Marine Sciences	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Security Science and Technology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Economics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Business	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($40,428/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.