- The Inkwell
- Rhode Island
- College Unbound
Providence, RICity: midsizeZIP 02903
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: other fields
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 2019
- Campuses
- 2
- Website
- collegeunbound.edu
Rhode IslandPrivate nonprofit
College Unbound
College Unbound is a private nonprofit college in Providence, Rhode Island, with 491 undergraduates. It graduates 33% within six years and costs $20,804 a year after aid.
33%graduate
Retention86%
4-year graduation33%
Pell Grant share72%
Federal loans78%
$20,804net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
33%graduate in 6 years
—median earnings, 10 yrs
$13,326median debt
#930 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,494 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $26,962tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $11,352
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $11,352
- Average net price
- $20,804national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$19,946
$30,001–48,000$21,938
$48,001–75,000$18,090
$75,001–110,000$21,848
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college86%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college33%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college72%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 33%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 33%
- First-year retention
- 86%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 56%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $13,326
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, College Unbound—
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 491
- Part-time
- 29%
- Women / men
- 71% / 29%
- Average age at entry
- —
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 72%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- —
- Average faculty salary
- —
- Instructional spending per student
- $7,703
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White14%
Hispanic32%
Black35%
Asian1.2%
Two or more races5.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.4%
Unknown11%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Multi/interdisciplinary studies100%
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