+12%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Roger Williams University rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($39.6k → $44.4k).
Rhode Island · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Roger Williams University
Bristol, Rhode Island. 3,957 undergraduate students. 102 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Roger Williams University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Roger Williams University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.2% → 0.0%).
+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Roger Williams University rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($39.6k → $44.4k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Rhode Island
Each tile compares this institution to the Rhode Island median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$70,266+30% · 6→10y
Rhode Island median $68,941$53,845
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry66.6%+42% · '02→'24
Rhode Island median 70.6%$19,500+242% · '97→'20
At program completion3,957+17% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS78.7%+5% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time87.8%-3% · '01→'24
latest cohort$42,666+145% · '00→'24
out-of-state $42,666SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.7%Median federal debt $19,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $70,266 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+42%
Roger Williams University · completion · 150% rose
48.5% → 68.7%
+102%
Roger Williams University · completion · 100% rose
31.8% → 64.0%
+145%
Roger Williams University · in-state tuition rose
$18,130 → $44,418
+145%
Roger Williams University · out-of-state tuition rose
$18,130 → $44,418
+242%
Roger Williams University · median debt rose
$7,875 → $26,940
-100%
Roger Williams University · cohort default rate fell
4.1% → 0.0%
+65%
Roger Williams University · pell share rose
10.0% → 16.4%
+44%
Roger Williams University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$48,700 → $70,266
+39%
Roger Williams University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$44,800 → $62,340
+39%
Roger Williams University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$38,700 → $53,845
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Construction Management.$102,001Accounting and Related Services.$94,185Mechanical Engineering.$86,890Finance and Financial Management Services.$85,122Civil Engineering.$82,554Law.$78,768Architecture.$78,721Marketing.$77,106Communication and Media Studies.$71,861Business Administration, Management and Operations.$70,611Graphic Communications.$70,067Criminal Justice and Corrections.$69,796Natural Resources Conservation and Research.$68,445Architecture.$68,296Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$63,527Legal Professions and Studies, Other.$60,443Legal Support Services.$58,421Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$54,712Psychology, General.$53,224Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.$50,911
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
20 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 10
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Roger Williams University
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$456,719
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 12
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $34,861
- HS-only baseline · RI
- $38,900
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 43
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Rhode Island
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Roger Williams University graduates earn $X” — not “Roger Williams University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Roger Williams University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.