Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design admitted 19% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1396–1530 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $50,513 a year. Within six years, 92% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 19%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1396–1530
- ACT middle 50%
- 31–34
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $85,455 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $50,513 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $29,175 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $65,136 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 92%
- Students who return for a second year
- 95%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $69,341 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,898
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,084
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 17%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Visual and performing arts
- 63%
- Multi/interdisciplinary studies
- 13%
- Architecture
- 9%
- Computer and information sciences
- 8%
- Precision production
- 5%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Babson College MA · 17% admitted
- Northeastern University Oakland CA · 17% admitted
- University of Virginia-Main Campus VA · 17% admitted
- Wake Forest University NC · 22% admitted
- Wesleyan University CT · 17% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC · 15% admitted
More colleges in Rhode Island
- University of Rhode Island RI · 72% admitted
- Brown University RI · 5.4% admitted
- Rhode Island College RI · 92% admitted
- Providence College RI · 51% admitted
- Roger Williams University RI · 88% admitted
- Johnson & Wales University-Providence RI · 88% admitted
- Bryant University RI · 66% admitted
- Johnson & Wales University-Online RI · 91% admitted
Official sources
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.