Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling at Rhode Island College

If you are interested in studying substance abuse/addiction counseling, you may want to check out the program at Rhode Island College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 7,072.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling section at the bottom of this page.

RIC Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling

RIC Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the substance abuse/addiction counseling progam at RIC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The substance abuse/addiction counseling major at RIC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	9
Most Focused Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	16
	17
Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	29
Most Popular Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Trade Schools	84
Most Focused Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Trade Schools	138
	150
Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Trade Schools	203
Best Value Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools	229

Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Student Demographics at RIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the substance abuse/addiction counseling majors at Rhode Island College.

RIC Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 substance abuse/addiction counseling students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from RIC, about 13% were men and 88% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling at RIC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rhode Island College with a bachelor's in substance abuse/addiction counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

RIC also has a doctoral program available in substance abuse/addiction counseling. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling

Careers That Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Grads May Go Into

A degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.