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Rhode Island: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 43	1,052,567	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	5.5%	6.5%
5 to 14	11.8%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.6%	7.1%
20 to 24	7.8%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.1%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.8%	26.4%
65 and older	14.4%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 43	1,052,567	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	5.5%	6.5%
5 to 14	11.8%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.6%	7.1%
20 to 24	7.8%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.1%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.8%	26.4%
65 and older	14.4%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	0.6%	0.9%
Asian	2.9%	4.8%
Black	5.7%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	81.4%	72.4%
More than one race	3.3%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	12.4%	16.3%
Other	6.0%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	7.0%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	9.2%	8.7%
High-school diploma	28.4%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	17.5%	20.6%
Associate degree	7.5%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	18.5%	17.6%
Master’s degree	8.5%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.3%	1.2%
Professional degree	2.0%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	21.1%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 17	$43,992	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	14.0%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	8,750	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	-22.7%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	1,653	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$9,250	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$3,652	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$31,400	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$193,745,895	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	13.1%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$13,170,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	n/a	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	n/a	$1,813,221,000
Total	$13,170,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$428,738,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	56.2%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	44.9%	61.2%
State and local governments	2.0%	6.3%
Industry	1.4%	5.2%
Nonprofit	5.1%	6.1%
Institution itself	46.4%	19.4%
Other	0.2%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	6.3%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	11.3%	4.9%
Life sciences	29.2%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	5.4%	3.7%
Physical sciences	6.9%	7.6%
Psychology	1.0%	1.8%
Social sciences	4.2%	3.3%
Other sciences	2.8%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	32.9%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
Brown University	$2,496,926,000
Top fund raisers:
Brown University	$160,511,664
University of Rhode Island	$18,911,042
Providence College	$11,773,300

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$95,728	$112,647
Associate professor	$73,310	$78,804
Assistant professor	$60,576	$67,236
All	$76,738	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	n/a	$87,677
Associate professor	n/a	$70,215
Assistant professor	n/a	$59,511
All	n/a	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$139,676	$133,973
Associate professor	$81,728	$86,108
Assistant professor	$73,101	$72,242
All	$98,478	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$106,666	$82,002
Associate professor	$88,583	$66,466
Assistant professor	$70,635	$55,352
All	$87,495	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	n/a	$61,039
Private nonprofit	n/a	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$61,819	$62,301
Private nonprofit	n/a	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	73,974	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	11,136	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	25,449	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	17,775	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	41,886	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	n/a	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	n/a	430,177
Total	85,110	21,016,126
Public institutions	51%	72%
4-year institutions	79%	63%
2-year institutions	21%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	3,590	849,452
Bachelor’s	10,647	1,650,014
Master’s	2,396	693,025
Doctorate	746	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 38% of all freshmen enrolled in Rhode Island in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 64% of all Rhode Island residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	57.8%	56.0%
Men	55.4%	53.0%
Women	59.5%	58.5%
American Indian	n/a	37.0%
Asian	60.3%	66.3%
Black	46.8%	38.3%
Hispanic	46.3%	47.8%
White	58.4%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	398	196,374
Asian	4,010	1,218,118
Black	5,660	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	52	64,046
Hispanic	7,589	2,741,448
White	62,538	12,722,549
Foreign	4,046	709,565
Two or more races	817	325,275
Total	85,110	21,016,126
Women	55.8%	57.0%
Minority	21.8%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	16.0%	28.4%
Foreign	4.8%	3.4%
Full-time	73.9%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 1477 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 68% of Rhode Island’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	2	678
Public 2-year institutions	1	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	10	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	0	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	0	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	0	664
Total	13	4,599
Institution censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
Johnson & Wales University
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
None