Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at RISD

At Rhode Island School of Design, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 26.39%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 14.01%. RISD's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Rhode Island School of Design than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 48.89%, and the 2024 yield is 51.00%.

The number of RISD applicants increased by 39.75% (2,027 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 26.39%, and this year's acceptance rate is 14.01% at Rhode Island School of Design. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 33.78% and women students' rate is 23.59%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Rhode Island School of Design than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	27.31%	30.64%	26.01%
2014-15	32.59% 5.28%	34.86% 4.22%	31.74% 5.73%
2015-16	37.20% 4.61%	49.23% 14.36%	33.41% 1.67%
2016-17	34.12% -3.07%	45.09% -4.13%	30.88% -2.53%
2017-18	31.93% -2.19%	36.96% -8.14%	26.00% -4.88%
2018-19	23.87% -8.06%	34.19% -2.76%	20.46% -5.54%
2019-20	25.76% 1.89%	35.52% 1.33%	22.63% 2.17%
2020-21	27.12% 1.36%	36.37% 0.85%	24.04% 1.41%
2021-22	19.00% -8.12%	24.98% -11.39%	16.99% -7.06%
2022-23	17.42% -1.59%	24.71% -0.27%	15.35% -1.64%
2023-24	14.01% -3.41%	18.99% -5.72%	11.99% -3.36%
Average	26.39%	33.78%	23.59%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 48.89% where the current academic year yield is 51.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	51.82%	51.62%	51.91%
2014-15	46.83% -4.99%	51.56% -0.07%	44.89% -7.03%
2015-16	51.44% 4.61%	49.65% -1.91%	52.27% 7.39%
2016-17	47.85% -3.59%	47.02% -2.63%	48.57% -3.71%
2017-18	41.30% -6.55%	48.92% 1.90%	44.26% -4.31%
2018-19	50.64% 9.34%	50.90% 1.99%	50.50% 6.24%
2019-20	48.63% -2.01%	46.67% -4.24%	49.62% -0.88%
2020-21	38.06% -10.57%	37.74% -8.93%	38.23% -11.39%
2021-22	56.05% 17.98%	56.99% 19.25%	54.99% 16.76%
2022-23	54.17% -1.88%	56.12% -0.88%	53.28% -1.71%
2023-24	51.00% -3.16%	50.00% -6.12%	52.02% -1.26%
Average	48.89%	49.74%	49.14%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,965, the average number of admitted is 965, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 468.

The number of RISD applicants increased by 39.75% (2,027 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,215	878	455
2014-15	3,047 -5.23%	993 13.10%	465 2.20%
2015-16	2,425 -20.41%	902 -9.16%	464 -0.22%
2016-17	2,793 15.18%	953 5.65%	456 -1.72%
2017-18	3,420 22.45%	1,092 14.59%	451 -1.10%
2018-19	3,913 14.42%	934 -14.47%	473 4.88%
2019-20	3,832 -2.07%	987 5.67%	480 1.48%
2020-21	4,001 4.41%	1,085 9.93%	413 -13.96%
2021-22	4,742 18.52%	901 -16.96%	505 22.28%
2022-23	5,099 7.53%	888 -1.44%	481 -4.75%
2023-24	7,126 39.75%	998 12.39%	509 5.82%
Average	3,965	965	468

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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