Rhode Island College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (1892–1909) Rhode Island State College (1909–1951)
Motto
"Hope"
Type
Public land-grant research university
Established
May 19, 1892; 131 years ago (1892-05-19)
Accreditation
NECHE
Academic affiliations
Sea-grant
Space-grant
Endowment
$203 million (2022)[1]
President
Marc Parlange
Provost
Barbara E. Wolfe
Administrative staff
675 full time
Students
18,061 (Fall 2021)[2]
Undergraduates
14,654 (Fall 2021)[2]
Postgraduates
3,407 (Fall 2021)[2]
Location
Kingston
,
Rhode Island
,
United States
Campus
Large Suburb, 1,254 acres (5.07 km2)
Other campuses
Narragansett
Providence
West Greenwich
Newspaper
The Good 5¢ Cigar
Colors
Navy Blue and Keaney Blue[3]
Nickname
Rams
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division I FCS - Atlantic 10
CAA
NEISA
Mascot
Rhody the Ram
Website
www.uri.edu
The University of Rhode Island (URI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. It is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of Rhode Island. The university is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[4] As of 2019, the URI enrolled 14,653 undergraduate students, 1,982 graduate students, and 1,339 non-degree students, making it the largest university in the state.[5][6]
Its main campus is located in the village of Kingston in southern Rhode Island. Satellite campuses include the Rhode Island Nursing Education Center in Providence's Jewelry District, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West Greenwich. The university offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees in 80 undergraduate and 49 graduate areas of study through nine academic schools and colleges. Another college, University College for Academic Success, serves primarily as an advising college for all incoming undergraduates and follows them through their first two years of enrollment at URI.
^As of March 7, 2022. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2021 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY20 to FY21 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
^ abc"Final Enrollment Reports" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
^"Brand Colors". September 1, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
^"Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Center for Postsecondary Education. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
^"Facts". uri.edu.
^"The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)". U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
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