Enrollment Statistics at Rhode Island Colleges

Student Population at Rhode Island Colleges

At Rhode Island colleges, there are 77,488 students including 65,705 undergraduate and 11,783 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 60,028 full-time and 17,460 part-time students.By gender, 40.95% male and 59.05% female students enrolled in Rhode Island colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
Rhode Island Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	77,488	31,733	45,755
Undergraduate	65,705	27,231	38,474
Graduate	11,783	4,502	7,281
By Attending Status
Full-time	60,028	25,765	34,263
Part-time	17,460	5,968	11,492

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - Rhode Island Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

Rhode Island colleges have a total of 60,028 full-time students and 17,460 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 51,905 students are attending classes with full-time status and 13,800 are part-time students. In graduate school, 8,123 students are full-time and 3,660 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Rhode Island Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	77,488	60,028	17,460
Undergraduate	65,705	51,905	13,800
Graduate	11,783	8,123	3,660

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - Rhode Island Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For Rhode Island colleges, 8,436 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 14,277 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 77,488 students. In undergraduate schools, 19,398 students enrolled in online courses and 3,315 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
Rhode Island Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	77,488	65,705	11,783
Online Exclusively	8,436	5,897	2,539
In Some Online Classes	14,277	13,501	776
Not In Online Classes	54,775	46,307	8,468

[Chart] Rhode Island Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Rhode Island colleges. There are 41,892 Caucasian, 6,328 Black/African American, 4,468 Asian, and 11,692 Hispanic students in Rhode Island colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
Rhode Island Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	77,488	31,733	45,755
American Indian/Native American	208	92	116
Asian	4,468	1,888	2,580
Black/African American	6,328	2,412	3,916
Hispanic	11,692	4,207	7,485
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	58	25	33
White	41,892	17,807	24,085
Two More	3,207	1,215	1,992
Un-Known	3,890	1,615	2,275

[Chart] Rhode Island Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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