Enrollment Trends at RIC

The student population at Rhode Island College is 5,787 (4,719 undergraduate and 1,068 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,913 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at RIC is 81.54% which is decreased by 2,786 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 127 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.44 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

241 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 7,933.33% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,695 where 5,787 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

81.54% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.46% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,786 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 127 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.44 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in RIC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Rhode Island College since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,700	7,505	2,501	5,004	1,195	243	952
2014-15	8,641 -59	7,518 13	2,455 -46	5,063 59	1,123 -72	225 -18	898 -54
2015-16	8,512 -129	7,446 -72	2,405 -50	5,041 -22	1,066 -57	235 10	831 -67
2016-17	8,446 -66	7,398 -48	2,355 -50	5,043 2	1,048 -18	208 -27	840 9
2017-18	8,171 -275	7,077 -321	2,251 -104	4,826 -217	1,094 46	229 21	865 25
2018-19	7,766 -405	6,684 -393	2,080 -171	4,604 -222	1,082 -12	229 0	853 -12
2019-20	7,523 -243	6,432 -252	1,981 -99	4,451 -153	1,091 9	242 13	849 -4
2020-21	7,072 -451	5,998 -434	1,824 -157	4,174 -277	1,074 -17	211 -31	863 14
2021-22	6,331 -741	5,252 -746	1,627 -197	3,625 -549	1,079 5	229 18	850 -13
2022-23	5,787 -544	4,719 -533	1,461 -166	3,258 -367	1,068 -11	222 -7	846 -4
Average	7,695	6,603	2,094	4,509	1,092	227	865

Rhode Island College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,603 where 4,719 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rhode Island College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,505	5,600	1,863	3,737	1,905	638	1,267
2014-15	7,518	5,616	1,864	3,752	1,902	591	1,311
2015-16	7,446	5,581	1,817	3,764	1,865	588	1,277
2016-17	7,398	5,598	1,795	3,803	1,800	560	1,240
2017-18	7,077	5,461	1,724	3,737	1,616	527	1,089
2018-19	6,684	5,104	1,557	3,547	1,580	523	1,057
2019-20	6,432	4,942	1,505	3,437	1,490	476	1,014
2020-21	5,998	4,611	1,359	3,252	1,387	465	922
2021-22	5,252	4,058	1,279	2,779	1,194	348	846
2022-23	4,719	3,701	1,159	2,542	1,018	302	716
Average	6,603	6,603	1,592	3,435	6,603	502	1,074

Rhode Island College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,092 where 1,068 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Rhode Island College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,195	202	41	161	993	202	791
2014-15	1,123	195	42	153	928	183	745
2015-16	1,066	195	40	155	871	195	676
2016-17	1,048	178	44	134	870	164	706
2017-18	1,094	204	37	167	890	192	698
2018-19	1,082	260	50	210	822	179	643
2019-20	1,091	228	53	175	863	189	674
2020-21	1,074	206	39	167	868	172	696
2021-22	1,079	258	60	198	821	169	652
2022-23	1,068	280	58	222	788	164	624
Average	1,092	1,092	46	174	1,092	181	691

Rhode Island College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.02%. The percentage was 65.85% 10 years ago and RIC still has a high percentage of white students. 3.27% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.26% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rhode Island College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	27	208	613	977	6	5,729	160
2014-15	32	249	639	1,153	10	5,618	144
2015-16	38	258	679	1,271	7	5,408	134
2016-17	33	242	709	1,360	8	5,298	147
2017-18	40	247	726	1,496	7	4,914	152
2018-19	31	225	761	1,531	6	4,500	172
2019-20	34	228	770	1,611	6	4,257	165
2020-21	29	197	692	1,652	3	3,857	152
2021-22	26	201	630	1,463	2	3,475	122
2022-23	32	189	594	1,401	3	3,068	102
Average	32	224	681	1,392	6	4,612	145

Rhode Island College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

241 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 7,933.33% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rhode Island College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,641	3	77	8,561
2015-16	8,512	7	197	8,308
2016-17	8,446	10	222	8,214
2017-18	8,171	20	336	7,815
2018-19	7,766	17	253	7,496
2019-20	7,523	19	277	7,227
2020-21	7,072	6,526	504	42
2021-22	6,331	689	3,583	2,059
2022-23	5,787	241	2,124	3,422
Average	7,583	837	841	5,905

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