For the academic year 2023-2024, the average acceptance rate of Rhode Island Colleges is 44.15%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 19.38%. A total of 136,548 have applied, 60,290 admitted, and 11,687 students have enrolled one of Rhode Island Colleges.

Of the Rhode Island colleges, Brown University is the tightest school to admit with 5.00% acceptance rate, and Rhode Island School of Design has the second lowest acceptance rate of 14.01%.

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2024 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Rhode Island Colleges
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
Brown UniversityProvidence, RI51,3162,5661,617 5.00%63.02%
Bryant UniversitySmithfield, RI9,5066,274941 66.00%15.00%
Johnson & Wales University-OnlineProvidence, RI446241154 54.04%63.90%
Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, RI8,8417,4261,040 84.00%14.00%
New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, RI2,5301,847499 73.00%27.02%
Providence CollegeProvidence, RI12,4696,1101,222 49.00%20.00%
Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, RI4,9884,040808 80.99%20.00%
Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, RI7,126998509 14.01%51.00%
Roger Williams UniversityBristol, RI8,2387,2491,015 87.99%14.00%
Salve Regina UniversityNewport, RI5,6973,988558 70.00%13.99%
University of Rhode IslandKingston, RI25,39119,5513,324 77.00%17.00%
Average12,4135,4811,06244.15%19.38%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2023-2024 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

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