+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at University of Rhode Island rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($33.4k → $37.1k).
Rhode Island · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
URI
Kingston, Rhode Island. 13,822 undergraduate students. 192 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at URI
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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of Rhode Island fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.5% → 0.0%).
+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at University of Rhode Island rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($15.3k → $16.9k).
+12%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of Rhode Island rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 (52.9% → 59.1%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
URI earnings, debt, and completion vs. the Rhode Island median
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.
$69,743+21% · 6→10y
Rhode Island median $68,941$57,446
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry71.0%+34% · '98→'24
Rhode Island median 70.6%$17,750+189% · '97→'20
At program completion13,822+41% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS84.1%+6% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time77.1%+5% · '01→'24
latest cohort$16,408+229% · '00→'24
out-of-state $35,804SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How URI 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 at URI
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
3.4%Median federal debt $17,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $69,743 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
URI enrollment, completion, and debt over time
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.
+34%
URI · completion · 150% rose
54.5% → 73.3%
+97%
URI · completion · 100% rose
30.0% → 59.1%
+41%
URI · undergrad enrollment rose
9,503 → 13,381
+229%
URI · in-state tuition rose
$5,154 → $16,942
+173%
URI · out-of-state tuition rose
$13,596 → $37,146
+189%
URI · median debt rose
$7,712 → $22,250
-100%
URI · cohort default rate fell
5.5% → 0.0%
+39%
URI · earnings_median_10yr rose
$50,200 → $69,743
+42%
URI · earnings_median_8yr rose
$46,000 → $65,323
+46%
URI · earnings_median_6yr rose
$39,300 → $57,446
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
URI 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.
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration$138,318Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$131,179Business Administration, Management and Operations$122,891Computer and Information Sciences, General$111,170Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$102,139Accounting and Related Services$100,649Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering$96,673Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$93,550Biomedical/Medical Engineering$93,508Mechanical Engineering$93,316Industrial Engineering$93,248Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$90,720Chemical Engineering$89,578Finance and Financial Management Services$88,632Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$87,156Ocean Engineering$86,529Marketing$82,344Civil Engineering$81,840Accounting and Related Services$80,974Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences$80,730Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions$80,596Public Administration$78,798Biology, General$74,984Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$74,225
Showing top 24 of 60 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
60 URI programs with earnings, grouped by field
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
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBRARY SCIENCE · CIP 25
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
HEALTH-RELATED · CIP 34
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$90,720Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration$138,318Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$60,535Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services$55,830Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions$80,596Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$64,843Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$131,179Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$87,156
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at URI
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
$894,474
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $16,578
- 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
Institutions similar to URI in Rhode Island
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“URI graduates earn $X” — not “URI makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending URI 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.