Which Roger Williams University major has the lowest debt?

Paralegal Studies graduates leave with a median of $19,619 in federal loans, the lowest among 19 Roger Williams University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Roger Williams University cost?

Tuition and fees are $44,418 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $37,999 a year.

How many Roger Williams University programs report graduate pay?

19 bachelor's programs at Roger Williams University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Roger Williams University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Bristol, RI
3,946 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

19 Roger Williams University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Construction Management pays the most in the first year ($75,334), and Ecology and Evolution the least ($29,074). The median program pays $45,269.

Tuition and fees$44,418Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$37,999Per year

Graduation rate69%Within 6 years

Admission rate88%Of applicants

All 19 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Rhode Island" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Rhode Island. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Rhode Island
1	Construction ManagementAbout 58 graduates a year	$75,334	$102,001	$26,000	1st of 1
2	AccountingAbout 17 graduates a year	$66,780	$94,185	$26,873	2nd of 6
3	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 27 graduates a year	$65,396	$86,890	$27,000	2nd of 2
4	FinanceAbout 44 graduates a year	$60,042	$85,122	$26,500	4th of 7
5	Paralegal StudiesAbout 7 graduates a year	$51,445	$58,421	$19,619	1st of 1
6	International BusinessAbout 13 graduates a year	$49,209	Not reported	$26,494	2nd of 3
7	BiologyAbout 31 graduates a year	$47,799	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 7
8	Business AdministrationAbout 46 graduates a year	$46,991	$70,611	$21,553	5th of 8
9	Criminal JusticeAbout 98 graduates a year	$45,356	$69,796	$26,000	1st of 4
10	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 10 graduates a year	$45,269	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 3
11	MarketingAbout 78 graduates a year	$44,506	$77,106	$26,698	4th of 7
12	Other Legal StudiesAbout 27 graduates a year	$40,424	$60,443	$27,000	1st of 1
13	Public HealthAbout 14 graduates a year	$39,912	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 2
14	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 7 graduates a year	$39,869	$68,445	$26,000	3rd of 3
15	Political ScienceAbout 8 graduates a year	$37,327	Not reported	$27,000	4th of 6
16	ArchitectureGraduates a year not reported	$36,750	$68,296	$27,000	1st of 1
17	CommunicationsAbout 18 graduates a year	$33,596	$71,861	$26,000	4th of 7
18	PsychologyAbout 60 graduates a year	$32,289	$53,224	$27,000	5th of 5
19	Ecology and EvolutionAbout 26 graduates a year	$29,074	$50,911	$27,000	1st of 2

Program names link to the program's own page, and Rhode Island ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Rhode Island programs in the field do too.

3 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Construction Management$75,334
Accounting$66,780
Mechanical Engineering$65,396
Finance$60,042
Paralegal Studies$51,445

Lowest median debt

Paralegal Studies$19,619
Business Administration$21,553
Construction Management$26,000
Criminal Justice$26,000
Environmental Science and Conservation$26,000

Largest programs

Criminal JusticeAbout 98 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 78 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 60 graduates a year
Construction ManagementAbout 58 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 46 graduates a year

Common questions

Construction Management graduates earn a median of $75,334 in their first year, the most of 19 Roger Williams University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Rhode Island rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels