Rhode Island

Total number of students enrolled at public and private postsecondary institutions:

  • Rhode Island: 84,361
  • U.S.: 18,247,094

Percentage of students enrolled in public institutions:

  • Rhode Island: 47%
  • U.S.: 72%

Distribution of enrollments at public institutions:

Rhode Island U.S.
Research: 38% 28%
Master's: 22% 19%
Bachelor's: n/a 3%
Community Colleges: 40% 48%

Average measures of education and related costs per FTE student, student shares, and production

Rhode Island U.S.
Public Research Public Master's Community Colleges Public Research Public Master's Community Colleges
Institution Count (number of medical programs included in the data)
1 1 1 163 (63) 266 (2) 953
Education and related costs per FTE student
2006 $13,886 $10,934 $8,802 $14,057 $10,629 $9,037
Change from 2002-2006 4% 3% 9% 2% -1% -1%
Student share of education and related costs (discounted)
2006 69% 53% 35% 51% 48% 31%
Percentage Point Change 2002-2006 12 8 3 10 10 5
Aggregate education and related spending/student completions
2006 $66,569 $49,020 $66,539 $56,271 $47,446 $43,126
Change from 2002-2006 11% 0% 24% -4% -4% -11%
Completions per 100 FTE students
2006 21 22 13 25 24 24
Change 2002-2006 -1 0 -2 1 1 1
Source: Delta Cost Project IPEDS state database