Rhode Island School of Design Computer Science Programs

Rhode Island School of Design is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Providence, Rhode Island. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Where Is Rhode Island School of Design?

Contact details for RISD are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2 College St, Providence, RI 02903-2784
Phone:	401-454-6100
Website:	www.risd.edu

Request Information

How Do I Get Into RISD?

You can apply to RISD online at: www.risd.edu/admissions/

Admission Requirements for RISD

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into RISD?

With an acceptance rate of 17%, RISD is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 25%, and the acceptance rate for women is 15%.

Average Test Scores

About 18% of students accepted to RISD submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 660 and 740. Math scores were between 680 and 785.

RISD received ACT scores from 5% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 31 and 35. Math scores were between 26 and 0. Composite scores were between 29 and 33.

Can I Afford Rhode Island School of Design?

The overall average net price of RISD is $65,534. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At RISD, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $9,307 a year. That adds up to $37,228 over four years for those students.

Rhode Island School of Design Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 532 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,044 full-time undergraduates at RISD, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Rhode Island School of Design students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	461
Black or African American	89
Hispanic or Latino	174
White	480
International Students	670
Other Races/Ethnicities	170

Geographic Diversity

Rhode Island students aren't the only ones who study at Rhode Island School of Design. At this time, 34 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 65 countries are represented at RISD. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Canada.

Online Learning at Rhode Island School of Design

In 2022-2023, 40 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at RISD has changed over the last few years.

Rhode Island School of Design Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Computer Graphics	52	10	62
TOTAL	52	10	62

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By DanielPenfield under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.