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Rhode Island has a strong presence in cutting-edge health care services and treatments. One of the state’s largest and most dynamic industries, health services accounts for just over 13 percent of private sector jobs in Rhode Island.The state's second-largest industry, tourism, is growing at a geometric pace with revenues topping $4.69 billion, a 4.3 percent increase in two years. Tourists are attracted by the state’s pristine Narragansett Bay and beaches, its historic architecture and its award winning facilities and restaurants are the gateway to our urban coolness and old world charm.
Rhode Island’s entrepreneurship engine is spawning new biotechnology start-ups engaged in important work like vaccine development, replacement organs, cell-based drug transfer and tissue engineering. In addition, economy also supports a cluster of world-renowned marine related industries, including boatbuilding and repair, shipbuilding, fishing, aquaculture, marine electronics and marine trades.
Industry leaders looking for highly educated workers appreciate the fact that has more college students per capita than any state in America and 50 percent more master’s degree recipients than the national average.
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