URI Peers are defined by URI's Office of Institutional Research:
Office of Institutional Research
303 Green Hall
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
According to Victoria Walsh of IR on 3/18/2013, the peer group for the institution has not been updated since the 2004 report, but it is still used.
The 2004 report is here: http://web.uri.edu/ir/files/exce_summary1.pdf
According to Gary Boden on 7/26/2016, the peer group is still as below:
URI Peers
Peers - Similar to URI
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-DURHAM
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
Peers - Aspire to be like
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT - STORRS CT
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE - NEWARK DE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA-MAIN CAMPUS - CHARLOTTESVILLE VA
Gary: "We sometimes add in University of Massachusetts – Amherst to have all five of the other New England Land Grants."