College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI · Public · Bachelor-granting · 13,381 undergrads · 72% admitted

Do students finish?

73% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$34,321/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$137,284 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$69,743 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $44,076 median $69,743 75th pct $101,736

81% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

54 Bachelor's programs · $19,004 to $71,134 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $71,134 $21,500

Computer Engineering.Bachelor's $68,976 $26,101

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $68,484 $19,500

Chemical Engineering.Bachelor's $66,167 $26,816

Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $64,907 $24,458

Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.Bachelor's $64,419 $23,773

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.Bachelor's $62,388 $25,000

Biomedical/Medical Engineering.Bachelor's $61,791 $26,234

Industrial Engineering.Bachelor's $60,566 —

Ocean Engineering.Bachelor's $60,071 $26,294

Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $59,773 $24,231

Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $57,309 $19,750

East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.Bachelor's $51,745 $19,845

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $50,450 $20,500

Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $50,030 $21,875

Landscape Architecture.Bachelor's $47,889 —

Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $47,356 $22,458

Economics.Bachelor's $43,419 $21,250

Marketing.Bachelor's $42,261 $20,987

Mathematics.Bachelor's $41,867 $22,125

Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy.Bachelor's $41,342 $21,750

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.Bachelor's $39,833 $23,830

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.Bachelor's $39,721 $22,214

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.Bachelor's $39,625 —

Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences.Bachelor's $38,841 $25,000

Apparel and Textiles.Bachelor's $38,151 $23,594

Biology, General.Bachelor's $36,120 $22,250

Music.Bachelor's $36,068 $23,000

Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $36,010 $19,567

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $35,743 $21,875

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $35,256 $22,813

Social Sciences, Other.Bachelor's $33,460 $22,615

History.Bachelor's $33,374 $20,500

Natural Resources Conservation and Research.Bachelor's $32,641 $19,737

Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services.Bachelor's $32,486 —

Health-Related Knowledge and Skills.Bachelor's $31,965 $23,250

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.Bachelor's $31,662 $20,500

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.Bachelor's $31,594 $25,000

Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.Bachelor's $31,453 $19,402

English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $30,996 $25,000

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.Bachelor's $30,377 $19,888

Sociology.Bachelor's $29,987 $23,250

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $29,448 $20,500

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $28,914 $22,250

Film/Video and Photographic Arts.Bachelor's $27,389 $19,500

Animal Sciences.Bachelor's $26,655 $19,613

Journalism.Bachelor's $25,772 $26,949

Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $25,196 —

Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management.Bachelor's $24,424 $23,817

Public Policy Analysis.Bachelor's $22,911 $23,000

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.Bachelor's $21,113 $20,500

Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.Bachelor's $19,717 $20,505

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $19,369 $21,500

Anthropology.Bachelor's $19,004 —

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$17,750

≈ 26% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (68 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website