by our College Data Analytics TeamNursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Rhode Island College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in nursing, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at RIC paid an average of $898 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $462 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,316 | $16,164 |
| Fees | $720 | $720 |
The median early career salary of nursing students who receive their master’s degree from RIC is $107,758 per year. That is 11% higher than the national average of $97,473.
RIC does not offer an online option for its nursing master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the RIC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 72.0% of the nursing students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 86.9%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in nursing at RIC in 2019-2020, 12.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 19 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nurse Anesthetist | 10 |
| Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing | 3 |
| Geriatric Nurse/Nursing | 12 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 1 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 14 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.