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Institutional Research

University of Rhode Island "Just the Facts" Sheet
Fall 2003 Campus Highlight

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WHO ARE URI STUDENTS?* TO TOP

 

URI Total

Men

Women

In-state

Out-of-state

Full-time

Part-time

FTE

 

N

N

Row%

N

Row%

N

Row%

N

Row%

N

Row%

N

Row%

 

Undergraduates

11,298

4,912

43.5%

6,386

56.5%

6,883

60.9%

4,415

39.1%

9,429

83.5%

1,869

16.5%

10,006

1st Professional

514

201

39.1%

313

60.9%

235

45.7%

279

54.3%

513

99.8%

1

0.2%

544

Graduates

2,979

1,103

37.0%

1,876

63.0%

1,988

66.7%

991

33.3%

1,092

36.7%

1,887

63.3%

2,044

University Total

14,791

6,216

42.0%

8,575

58.0%

9,106

61.6%

5,685

38.4%

11,034

74.6%

3,757

25.4%

12,594

 

 

URI 

Caucasian

African American

Hispanic

Asian

Non-resident Alien

Native American

Did Not Report

 

Total N

N

Row%

N

Row%

N

Row%

N

Row%

N

Row%

N

Row%

N

Row%

1st-Time Freshmen

2,590

1,992

76.9%

105

4.1%

106

4.1%

66

2.5%

2

0.1%

9

0.3%

310

12.0%

All Undergraduates

11,298

8,636

76.4%

496

4.4%

462

4.1%

328

2.9%

28

0.2%

42

0.4%

1,306

11.6%

First Professional

514

417

81.1%

13

2.5%

12

2.3%

36

7.0%

1

0.2%

1

3.0%

34

6.6%

Graduates

2,979

2,214

74.3%

69

2.3%

77

2.6%

75

2.5%

270

9.1%

7

0.2%

267

9.0%

University Total

14,791

11,267

76.2%

578

3.9%

551

3.7%

439

3.0%

299

2.0%

50

0.3%

1,607

10.9%

* Headcount numbers exclude off-campus study students and those in non-degree, non-credit courses. Data as of Oct. 15, 2003.

WHO ARE NEW URI UNDERGRADUATES?* TO TOP

New Freshmen 

URI Total

In-State

Out-of-State

as of Oct 1, 2003 (Kingston Campus)

N

N

Row%

N

Row%

Applied

12965

3457

27%

9508

73%

Accepted

9055

2376

26%

6679

74%

Paid Deposit

2682

1230

46%

1452

54%

 

New Transfer 

URI Total

In-State

Out-of-State

(Kingston Campus)

N

N

Row%

N

Row%

Applied

1488

730

49%

758

51%

Accepted

921

502

55%

419

45%

Paid Deposit

546

386

71%

160

29%


FIVE-YEAR FRESHMEN SAT PROFILE TO TOP

 

All Freshmen

In-State

Out-of-State

Mean Scores

Verbal

Math

Verbal

Math

Verbal

Math

2003

551

565

563

573

542

558

2002

549

562

557

567

543

559

2001

554

563

565

567

545

561

2000

548

554

560

561

539

550

1999

544

552

554

554

535

549


FALL 2002 to FALL 2003 FRESHMEN RETENTION TOTOP

Enrolled Fall 2002

Returned Fall 2003

Full-Time
Headcount

Total

In-State

Out-State

Total

In-State

Out-State

Number

2266

1090

1176

1842

935

907

Row %

100.0%

48.1%

51.9%

81.3%

85.8%

77.1%

% Change

-18.7%

-14.2%

-22.9%


NUMBER OF DEGREES CONFERRED 2002-03** TOTOP

Bachelor's Degrees

1,958

75.4%

Master's Degrees

485

21.6%

Doctoral Degrees

77

3.0%

First Professional Degrees

55

3.0%

Total

2,575

100.0%

** Aug and Dec 2002, and May 2003 graduations. 


TUITION AND FEES TO TOP

 

Fulltime Undergraduate

Fulltime Graduate

 

In-State

Regional

Out-state

In-State

Regional

Out-state

Kingston

$6,202

$8,268

$16,334

$6,178

$8,348

$14,278

CCE

$4,452

$6,518

$14,584

$4,654

$6,824

$12,754


ROOM AND BOARD TO TOP

Double Room

$4,256

Nineteen Meals

$3,262


PERMANENT RESIDENCE OF URI STUDENTS TO TOP

State Residents Reported by all URI Students

State

N

%

RI

9,641

65.2%

MA

1,350

9.1%

NJ

897

6.1%

CT

953

6.4%

NY

874

5.9%

NH, ME, VT

446

3.0%

 

 

 

45 other states, DC

630

4.3%

 

 

 

Total Enrollment

14,791

100.0%

Total state and DC represented:53

Home Country/Region Reported by Non-resident Aliens

State

N

%

Indian

102

28.7%

China

96

27.0%

South Korea

17

4.8%

Canada

16

4.5%

 

 

 

49 other countries/regions

124

34.9%

 

 

 

Total Enrollment

14,791

100.0%

Total Non-US countries/Regions:53

 


TOP UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR GROUPS & MAJORS* TOTOP

* Includes double majors. 

No.

Major Rank

% All Majors

All Business Majors (8)

1,337

 

10.4%

All Education Majors (6)

998

 

7.8%

All Engineering Majors (10)

879

 

6.8%

Psychology

719

1

5.6%

Communication Studies

706

2

5.5%

Pharmacy

515

3

4.0%

Human Dev Family Studies

493

4

4.0%

Nursing

458

5

3.6%


URI DEGREE PROGRAMS TO TOP

 

No. of Programs

% of all Programs

Baccalaureate

113

54.6%

Master's

53

25.6%

Doctoral

33

15.9%

Frist Professional

1

0.5%

Diploma/Certificate

7

3.4%

Total

207 

100.0%


URI STUDENT/FACULTY RATIO TO TOP

Student FTE (12,286) / Faculty FTE (665): 18 to 1


WHO ARE URI FACULTY? TO TOP

Continuing Tenure-Track Faculty by Rank & Gender

 

Men

Women

Total

 

N

Col%

N

Col%

N

Col%

Assistant

58

14.1%

49

27.7%

107

18.2%

Associate

66

16.0%

54

30.5%

120

20.4%

Professor

288

69.9%

74

41.8%

362

61.5%

Total

412

100.0%

177

100.0%

589

100.0%

Row %

412

69.9%

177

30.1%

589

100.0%

Continuing Tenure-Track Faculty by Rank & Race/Ethnicity

 

Caucasian

Faculty-of-color

Total

 

N

Col%

N

Col%

N

Col%

Assistant

81

16.3%

26

28.3%

107

18.2%

Associate

98

19.7%

22

23.9%

120

20.4%

Professor

318

64.0%

44

47.8%

362

61.5%

Total

497

100.0%

92

100.0%

589

100.0%

Row %

497

84.4%

92

15.6%

589

100.0%

Continuing Tenure-Track Faculty by College & Race/Ethnicity

 

White

African American

Hispanic

Asian

Native American

Total

Arts & Sciences

214

16

4

12

3

249

Environmental and Life Sciences

65

 

4

3

1

73

Engineering

42

6

1

15

1

65

Human Sciences & Services

50

1

 

3

 

54

Business

39

1

2

12

 

54

Grad. School of Oceanography

29

 

 

2

 

31

Pharmacy

23

 

 

5

 

28

Nursing

15

 

 

2

 

17

Library

15

 

1

1

 

17

Continuing Edu. 

1

 

 

 

 

1

Labor Relations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

493

24

12

55

5

589

% of all faculty

83.7%

4.1%

2.0%

9.3%

0.8%

100.0%


 NUMBER OF MAJORS BY COLLEGE, Fall 2003*TO TOP

College

Number

Percent

Arts and Sciences

5,265

41.0%

Human Sciences and Services

2,080 

16.2%

Business

1,367

10.6%

Engineering

933

7.3%

Environmental and Life Sciences

787

6.1%

Pharmacy

515

4.0%

Nursing

458

3.6%

Continuing Education

217

1.7%

Undecided/Undeclared

1,226

9.5%

Total

* includes double majors

12,848

100.0%


MOST POPULAR UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS, Fall 2003* TO TOP

Major

Number

Percent

Psychology

719

5.6%

Communication Studies

706

5.5%

Pharmacy

515

4.0%

Human Dev. and Fam. Stu.

493

3.8%

Nursing

458

3.6%

Physical Education

345

2.7%

Elementary Education

339

2.6%

English

334

2.6%

Political Science

316

2.5%

Textile and Fashion Merchandising & Design

276

2.1%

History

275

2.1%

Secondary Education

265

2.1%

General Business Administration

261

2.0%

Computer Science

248

2.0%

Biological Sciences

245

1.9%

Mechanical Engineering

241

1.9%

Marketing

216

1.7%

Journalism

206 

1.6%

Microbiology

 185

1.4%

Finance

 176

1.4%

Accounting

 166

1.3%

Management

 165

1.3%

Animal Science and Technology

 148

1.2%

Civil Engineering

 145

1.1%

Electrical Engineering

 142

1.1%

Biology

 137

1.1%

Art Studio

 129

1.0%

Computer Engineering

 119

0.9%

Mathematics

 114

0.9%

Sociology

 111

0.9%

Management Information Systems

 99

0.8%

Spanish

 98

0.8%

Communication Disorder

 93

0.7%

Chemistry

 87

0.7%

Theatre

 85

0.7%

Dietetics

 84

0.7%

International Business

 82

0.6%

Landscape Architecture

 74

0.6%

Economics

 73

0.6%

French

 73

0.6%

Ocean Engineering

 73

0.6%

Art

 70

0.5%

Chemical Engineering

 65

0.5%

German

 64

0.5%

Wildlife Conserv. Biology

 64

0.5%

Biomedical Engineering

 62

0.5%

Aquacult. & Fish Tech.

 60

0.5%

Environmental Science and Management

 59

0.5%

Microbiology

 59

0.5%

Urban Hort. and Turf Mgt

 58

0.4%

Music

 51

0.4%

Total

12,848

100.0%


* includes double majors