44.15% of Applicants Accepted to Rhode Island Colleges in 2023-2024 Admission

For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of Rhode Island colleges is 44.15%, 60,290 accepted out of 136,548 applicants.

For Rhode Island college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 6,630 (5.10%) compared to last year, from 129,918 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 1, which is more than 0.01% last year.

Rhode Island colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.91% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Rhode Island colleges. The yield decreased by 0.57%.

Among Rhode Island colleges, Brown University has the lowest acceptance rate of 5.00% with 2,566 accepted students out of 51,316 applicants. Brown University has the most number of applicants of 51,316 and University of Rhode Island has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 3,324.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Rhode Island Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Rhode Island. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: July 3, 2024 | Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Rhode Island Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
Brown University	51,316 667	2,566 4	1,617 -100	5.00% -0.06%	63.02% -4.00%
Rhode Island School of Design	7,126 2,027	998 110	509 28	14.01% -3.41%	51.00% -3.17%
Providence College	12,469 1,340	6,110 236	1,222 66	49.00% -3.78%	20.00% 0.32%
Johnson & Wales University-Online	446 46	241 -29	154 -21	54.04% -13.46%	63.90% -0.91%
Bryant University	9,506 606	6,274 150	941 -23	66.00% -2.81%	15.00% -0.74%
Salve Regina University	5,697 135	3,988 121	558 -34	70.00% 0.47%	13.99% -1.32%
New England Institute of Technology	2,530 155	1,847 78	499 60	73.00% -1.48%	27.02% 2.20%
University of Rhode Island	25,391 -90	19,551 86	3,324 -96	77.00% 0.61%	17.00% -0.57%
IYRS School of Technology & Trades	25 1	20 -2	12 -9	80.00% -11.67%	60.00% -35.45%
Rhode Island College	4,988 1,067	4,040 608	808 134	80.99% -6.54%	20.00% 0.36%
Johnson & Wales University-Providence	8,841 560	7,426 517	1,040 46	84.00% 0.57%	14.00% -0.39%
Roger Williams University	8,238 117	7,249 -140	1,015 -59	87.99% -3.00%	14.00% -0.54%

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44.15% of Applicants Accepted to Rhode Island Colleges in 2023-2024 Admission

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