University of Rhode Island Student Population and Demographics

URI Student Population

There are 17,210 students including 14,376 undergraduate and 2,834 graduate students at University of Rhode Island for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 14,411 full-time and 2,799 part-time students with gender distribution of 7,080 male and 10,130 female students.

University of Rhode Island is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 818 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Rhode Island has a total enrollment of 17,210 with a gender distribution of 41.14% male (7,080 students) and 58.86% female (10,130 students). There are 5,999 male and 8,377 female students in undergraduate school and 1,081 male and 1,753 female students are attending graduate school at University of Rhode Island.

Student Population By Gender
University of Rhode Island
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,210	7,080	10,130
Undergraduate	14,376	5,999	8,377
Graduate	2,834	1,081	1,753
Full-time	14,411	5,859	8,552
Part-time	2,799	1,221	1,578

[Chart] University of Rhode Island 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Rhode Island has 14,411 full-time and 2,799 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 12,784 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,592 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,627 students are full-time and 1,207 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Rhode Island
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	17,210	14,411	2,799
Undergraduate	14,376	12,784	1,592
Graduate	2,834	1,627	1,207
Men	7,080	5,859	1,221
Women	10,130	8,552	1,578

[Chart] University of Rhode Island Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Rhode Island, 818 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,946 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 17,210 students.

In undergraduate schools, 5,834 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 930 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Rhode Island
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,210	14,376	2,834
Online Exclusively	818	122	696
In Some Online Classes	5,946	5,712	234
Not In Online Classes	10,446	8,542	1,904

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of Rhode Island. There are 35 American Indian/Native American, 12,060 White, 829 Black/African American, 585 Asian, 1,987 Hispanic, 10 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 517 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Rhode Island
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,210	7,080	10,130
American Indian/Native American	35	17	18
Asian	585	236	349
Black/African American	829	392	437
Hispanic	1,987	808	1,179
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	4	6
White	12,060	4,854	7,206
Two More	589	266	323
Race Un-Known	622	251	371

[Chart] University of Rhode IslandRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
University of Rhode Island
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,210	14,376	2,834
Under 18	891	891	0
Age 18-19	5,672	5,666	6
Age 20-21	6,146	5,930	216
Age 22-24	2,290	1,402	888
Age 25-29	994	267	727
Age 30-34	487	97	390
Age 35-39	252	47	205
Age 40-49	283	42	241
Age 50-64	181	31	150
Over 64	14	3	11
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Rhode Island 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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