Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at RIC

At Rhode Island College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 76.47%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 80.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Rhode Island College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.87%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of RIC applicants increased by 27.21% (1,067 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 76.47%, and this year's acceptance rate is 80.99% at Rhode Island College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.44% and women students' rate is 79.64%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Rhode Island College than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Rhode Island College over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	69.15%	61.24%	73.45%
2014-15	65.45% -3.69%	58.70% -2.54%	68.95% -4.51%
2015-16	71.62% 6.17%	64.21% 5.51%	75.70% 6.76%
2016-17	74.69% 3.07%	69.08% 4.87%	77.51% 1.81%
2017-18	73.59% -1.10%	67.77% -1.32%	76.47% -1.04%
2018-19	73.46% -0.13%	66.67% -1.10%	76.94% 0.46%
2019-20	78.39% 4.94%	70.65% 3.98%	82.48% 5.54%
2020-21	81.27% 2.88%	73.52% 2.87%	85.41% 2.93%
2021-22	84.99% 3.72%	81.02% 7.50%	86.98% 1.58%
2022-23	87.53% 2.53%	84.00% 2.98%	89.16% 2.18%
2023-24	80.99% -6.53%	78.03% -5.98%	83.00% -6.16%
Average	76.47%	70.44%	79.64%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.87% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Rhode Island College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.48%	34.12%	34.64%
2014-15	34.55% 0.07%	34.81% 0.69%	34.44% -0.20%
2015-16	32.84% -1.71%	30.93% -3.89%	33.74% -0.70%
2016-17	30.43% -2.41%	28.46% -2.46%	31.31% -2.43%
2017-18	29.16% -1.26%	25.34% -3.12%	30.84% -0.47%
2018-19	27.47% -1.70%	25.37% 0.03%	28.39% -2.45%
2019-20	25.58% -1.89%	24.57% -0.80%	26.03% -2.36%
2020-21	21.40% -4.18%	21.41% -3.16%	21.40% -4.64%
2021-22	20.01% -1.39%	20.95% -0.46%	20.02% -1.38%
2022-23	19.64% -0.37%	20.86% -0.09%	19.12% -0.90%
2023-24	20.00% 0.36%	21.02% 0.16%	20.01% 0.89%
Average	26.87%	26.17%	27.27%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,566, the average number of admitted is 3,476, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 927.

The number of RIC applicants increased by 27.21% (1,067 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Rhode Island College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,492	3,106	1,071
2014-15	4,837 7.68%	3,166 1.93%	1,094 2.15%
2015-16	4,732 -2.17%	3,389 7.04%	1,113 1.74%
2016-17	5,148 8.79%	3,845 13.46%	1,170 5.12%
2017-18	4,846 -5.87%	3,566 -7.26%	1,040 -11.11%
2018-19	4,208 -13.17%	3,091 -13.32%	849 -18.37%
2019-20	4,753 12.95%	3,726 20.54%	953 12.25%
2020-21	4,709 -0.93%	3,827 2.71%	819 -14.06%
2021-22	3,592 -23.72%	3,053 -20.22%	611 -25.40%
2022-23	3,921 9.16%	3,432 12.41%	674 10.31%
2023-24	4,988 27.21%	4,040 17.72%	808 19.88%
Average	4,566	3,476	927