URI Student Population and Demographics

URI Student Population

There are 17,649 students including 14,904 undergraduate and 2,745 graduate students at University of Rhode Island for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 14,389 full-time and 3,260 part-time students with gender distribution of 7,532 male and 10,117 female students. University of Rhode Island is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,855 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Rhode Island has a total enrollment of 17,649 with a gender distribution of 42.68% male (7,532 students) and 57.32% female (10,117 students). There are 6,461 male and 8,443 female students in undergraduate school and 1,071 male and 1,674 female students are attending graduate school at University of Rhode Island.

Student Population By Gender
University of Rhode Island
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,649	7,532	10,117
Undergraduate	14,904	6,461	8,443
Graduate	2,745	1,071	1,674
Full-time	14,389	6,171	8,218
Part-time	3,260	1,361	1,899

[Chart] University of Rhode Island 2021 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Rhode Island has 14,389 full-time and 3,260 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 12,712 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,192 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,677 students are full-time and 1,068 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Rhode Island
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	17,649	14,389	3,260
Undergraduate	14,904	12,712	2,192
Graduate	2,745	1,677	1,068
Men	7,532	6,171	1,361
Women	10,117	8,218	1,899

[Chart] University of Rhode Island Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Rhode Island, 3,855 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 11,806 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 17,649 students. In undergraduate schools, 13,873 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,788 students are attending some online courses.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Rhode Island
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,649	14,904	2,745
Online Exclusively	3,855	3,078	777
In Some Online Classes	11,806	10,795	1,011
Not In Online Classes	1,988	1,031	957

[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 27 American Indian/Native American, 12,357 White, 883 Black/African American, 597 Asian, 1,713 Hispanic, 12 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 636 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Rhode Island
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,649	7,532	10,117
American Indian/Native American	27	9	18
Asian	597	254	343
Black/African American	883	393	490
Hispanic	1,713	718	995
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	3	9
White	12,357	5,285	7,072
Two More	490	203	287
Race Un-Known	1,110	433	677

[Chart] University of Rhode IslandRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

Next 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	17,649	14,904	2,745
Under 18	871	871	0
Age 18-19	5,963	5,962	1
Age 20-21	5,969	5,701	268
Age 22-24	2,317	1,446	871
Age 25-29	1,118	425	693
Age 30-34	534	198	336
Age 35-39	313	124	189
Age 40-49	358	109	249
Age 50-64	197	67	130
Over 64	9	1	8
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Rhode Island 2021 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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