Rhode Island College Student Population and Demographics

RIC Student Population

There are 6,155 students including 5,154 undergraduate and 1,001 graduate students at Rhode Island College for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 4,657 full-time and 1,498 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,838 male and 4,317 female students.

Rhode Island College is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 170 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Rhode Island College has a total enrollment of 6,155 with a gender distribution of 29.86% male (1,838 students) and 70.14% female (4,317 students). There are 1,655 male and 3,499 female students in undergraduate school and 183 male and 818 female students are attending graduate school at Rhode Island College.

Student Population By Gender
Rhode Island College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,155	1,838	4,317
Undergraduate	5,154	1,655	3,499
Graduate	1,001	183	818
Full-time	4,657	1,462	3,195
Part-time	1,498	376	1,122

[Chart] Rhode Island College 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Rhode Island College has 4,657 full-time and 1,498 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,342 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 812 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 315 students are full-time and 686 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Rhode Island College
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	6,155	4,657	1,498
Undergraduate	5,154	4,342	812
Graduate	1,001	315	686
Men	1,838	1,462	376
Women	4,317	3,195	1,122

[Chart] Rhode Island College Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Rhode Island College, 170 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,012 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 6,155 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,035 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 147 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Rhode Island College
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,155	5,154	1,001
Online Exclusively	170	103	67
In Some Online Classes	1,012	932	80
Not In Online Classes	4,973	4,119	854

[Chart] Rhode Island College Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Rhode Island College. There are 26 American Indian/Native American, 3,075 White, 670 Black/African American, 197 Asian, 1,652 Hispanic, 6 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 140 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Rhode Island College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,155	1,838	4,317
American Indian/Native American	26	7	19
Asian	197	72	125
Black/African American	670	245	425
Hispanic	1,652	453	1,199
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	2	4
White	3,075	916	2,159
Two More	171	54	117
Race Un-Known	351	86	265

[Chart] Rhode Island CollegeRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Rhode Island College.

Age Distribution
Rhode Island College
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,155	5,154	1,001
Under 18	73	73	0
Age 18-19	1,651	1,651	0
Age 20-21	1,334	1,327	7
Age 22-24	1,278	1,087	191
Age 25-29	723	470	253
Age 30-34	377	219	158
Age 35-39	227	120	107
Age 40-49	307	131	176
Age 50-64	167	66	101
Over 64	17	9	8
Age Un-Known	1	1	0

[Chart] Rhode Island College 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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