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Rhode Island School of Design

Rhode Island School of Design
20 Washington Place
Providence, RI 02903-2784

Official telephone: (401) 454-6100
Website: https://www.risd.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: 4-1-4 system (two semesters & one-month January interterm)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 95%
Student:Faculty ratio: 8:1
Total faculty: 251 men, 273 women
Full-time faculty: 108 men, 102 women
Part-time faculty: 143 men, 171 women
Graduation rate: 89% within six years

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, independent study, internships, distance learning
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered off-campus ROTC branch unit at a cooperating host institution.
Air Force ROTC: offered off-campus ROTC branch unit at a cooperating host institution.

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Apparel and Textiles, General
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Graphics
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts
  • Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other
  • Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other
  • Furniture Design and Manufacturing
  • Illustration
  • Jewelry Arts
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Precision Production Trades, General
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture
  • Systems Science and Theory
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Work and Family Studies
Master's Degrees

  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Art Teacher Education
  • Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Graphics
  • Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Education, Other
  • Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts
  • Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other
  • Furniture Design and Manufacturing
  • Jewelry Arts
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Precision Production Trades, General
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Systems Science and Theory
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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