-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Rhode Island College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.0% → 0.0%).
Rhode Island · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Rhode Island College
Providence, Rhode Island. 4,630 undergraduate students. 107 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Rhode Island College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+27%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Rhode Island College rose 27% between 2021 and 2024 (21.4% → 27.1%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Rhode Island
Each tile compares this institution to the Rhode Island median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$56,318+20% · 6→10y
Rhode Island median $68,941$46,882
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry46.2%+6% · '97→'24
Rhode Island median 70.6%$13,833+290% · '97→'20
At program completion4,630-29% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS73.7%-7% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time81.1%+24% · '01→'24
latest cohort$10,986+235% · '00→'24
out-of-state $26,519SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.3%Median federal debt $13,833 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $56,318 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+48%
Rhode Island College · completion · 100% rose
18.3% → 27.1%
-29%
Rhode Island College · undergrad enrollment fell
7,149 → 5,049
+235%
Rhode Island College · in-state tuition rose
$3,371 → $11,300
+222%
Rhode Island College · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,471 → $27,299
+290%
Rhode Island College · median debt rose
$5,250 → $20,500
-100%
Rhode Island College · cohort default rate fell
7.9% → 0.0%
+81%
Rhode Island College · pell share rose
23.3% → 42.0%
+32%
Rhode Island College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$42,800 → $56,318
+31%
Rhode Island College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$35,900 → $46,882
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$129,838Chemistry.$94,239Computer and Information Sciences, General.$92,443Accounting and Related Services.$89,865Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$80,586Finance and Financial Management Services.$74,665Special Education and Teaching.$72,802Biology, General.$68,594Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$67,913Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$67,274Accounting and Related Services.$66,478Business Administration, Management and Operations.$66,333Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$66,247Social Work.$66,005Health and Medical Administrative Services.$62,906Political Science and Government.$62,896Marketing.$57,338Special Education and Teaching.$56,951Criminal Justice and Corrections.$55,218Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$54,765Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$53,994Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$52,978Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$51,204Social Work.$50,901
Showing top 24 of 35 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
35 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$54,765Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$51,204Special Education and Teaching.$72,802Special Education and Teaching.$56,951Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$66,247Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$53,994
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$80,586Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$67,913Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$52,978Health and Medical Administrative Services.$62,906Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$129,838Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$42,668
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Rhode Island College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$728,578
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $11,290
- HS-only baseline · RI
- $38,900
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Rhode Island
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Rhode Island College graduates earn $X” — not “Rhode Island College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Rhode Island College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.