A total of 75,952 students are enrolled in Rhode Island colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

There are 64,535 undergraduate and 11,417 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 84.97% and the proportion of graduate students is 15.03%.

By school level, 62,150 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 12,346 students enrolled in community colleges, and 1,456 students enrolled in trade schools.

For Rhode Island colleges, University of Rhode Island has the most number of students of 17,473 among 4-year colleges. For Rhode Island community colleges, Community College of Rhode Island has the most students of 12,263 and Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln is the largest trade school with 673.

Student Population By School Level for Rhode Island Colleges

By attending status, there are 58,762 full-time students and 17,190 part-time students at Rhode Island colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between Rhode Island colleges. A total of 75,952 students have enrolled in Rhode Island colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between Rhode Island Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Brown UniversityPrivate, 4-year11,1897,6397,1894503,5503,396154
Bryant UniversityPrivate, 4-year3,5363,2043,18024332179153
Johnson & Wales University-ProvidencePrivate, 4-year4,5664,1583,955203408282126
New England Institute of TechnologyPrivate, 4-year1,8951,7201,53718317514728
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Rhode IslandPrivate, Less than 2-year276276276----
Providence CollegePrivate, 4-year4,4733,9963,830166477214263
Rhode Island CollegePublic, 4-year5,7874,7193,7011,0181,068280788
Community College of Rhode IslandPublic, 2-4 year12,26312,2634,9647,299---
University of Rhode IslandPublic, 4-year17,47314,76812,9311,8372,7051,6831,022
Rhode Island School of DesignPrivate, 4-year2,6202,1082,108-512512-
Roger Williams UniversityPrivate, 4-year4,3974,1033,70140229420193
Salve Regina UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,8722,1902,12862682164518
Empire Beauty School-WarwickPrivate, Less than 2-year1351359144---
Roger Williams University School of LawPrivate, 4-year552---5525502
Lincoln Technical Institute-LincolnPrivate, Less than 2-year673673471202---
IYRS School of Technology & TradesPrivate, 2-4 year838383----
Paul Mitchell the School-Rhode IslandPrivate, Less than 2-year1291296564---
Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-CranstonPrivate, Less than 2-year130130130----
Johnson & Wales University-OnlinePrivate, 4-year2,5051,8434841,35966298564
MotoRing Technical Training InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year1131136746---
College UnboundPrivate, 4-year285285165120---
Rob Roy Academy - WoonsocketPrivate, Less than 2-year-------
College Unbound - Newport/Aquidneck IslandPrivate, 4-year-------