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College Portraits URI Facts Fall 2011

  • Most URI students come from Rhode Island (64%) -- Followed by Massachusetts (11%), Connecticut(7%), New Jersey (6%), and New York (6%).
  • On average, URI full time degree-seeking undergraduates are 20 years old -- 2 percent are 25 or older.
  • The most popular undergraduate major is Nursing - followed by Psychology, Communication Studies, Kinesiology and Human Development & Family Studies.
  • 48 percent of 2011 freshmen are Rhode Islanders.
  • 62 percent of 2010 degree-seeking undergraduates are Rhode Islanders.
  • About 13% of URI female undergraduate student join sororities and 11% male undergraduate students join fraternities.
  • URI students hail from 50 U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
  • 90 percent of URI freshmen live in the residence halls.

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