General Health & Wellness at University of Rhode Island

What traits are you looking for in a health and wellness school? To help you decide if University of Rhode Island is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health and wellness program.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Health & Wellness section at the bottom of this page.

URI General Health & Wellness Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Wellness

URI General Health & Wellness Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health and wellness programs across the country. The following shows how URI performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health and wellness major at URI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health & Wellness. 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 General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	5
Most Popular General Health & Wellness Trade Schools	6
Most Focused General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	24
	26
Most Focused General Health & Wellness Trade Schools	37
	40
Best General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	55
Best General Health & Wellness Trade Schools	67
Best Value General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83
Best Value General Health & Wellness Schools	111

Health and Wellness Student Demographics at URI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health and wellness majors at University of Rhode Island.

URI General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Program

Of the 149 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Health & Wellness from URI in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health and wellness at URI 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 University of Rhode Island with a bachelor's in health and wellness.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	99
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

URI also has a doctoral program available in health and wellness. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Health and Wellness Grads May Go Into

A degree in health and wellness 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 University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Community Health Workers	100	$47,430

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.