Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at RWU

At Roger Williams University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.22%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 87.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Roger Williams University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 14.30%, and the 2024 yield is 14.00%.

The number of RWU applicants decreased by 1.44% (117 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.22%, and this year's acceptance rate is 87.99% at Roger Williams University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.01% and women students' rate is 88.17%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Roger Williams University than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Roger Williams University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	80.98%	76.47%	84.81%
2014-15	77.94% -3.04%	64.20% -12.27%	93.93% 9.12%
2015-16	78.48% 0.54%	74.64% 10.44%	81.66% -12.27%
2016-17	79.26% 0.77%	74.38% -0.26%	83.28% 1.62%
2017-18	82.29% 3.04%	78.98% 4.61%	85.33% 2.04%
2018-19	86.09% 3.80%	83.19% 4.21%	88.72% 3.39%
2019-20	85.35% -0.75%	81.79% -1.40%	88.48% -0.24%
2020-21	86.01% 0.66%	82.17% 0.38%	89.31% 0.83%
2021-22	91.00% 4.99%	88.99% 6.82%	93.00% 3.69%
2022-23	90.99% -0.01%	89.36% 0.38%	92.36% -0.64%
2023-24	87.99% -2.99%	86.00% -3.36%	89.00% -3.36%
Average	84.22%	80.01%	88.17%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 14.30% where the current academic year yield is 14.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Roger Williams University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15.11%	15.61%	14.74%
2014-15	14.91% -0.20%	15.43% -0.18%	14.50% -0.23%
2015-16	13.58% -1.33%	14.03% -1.39%	13.24% -1.26%
2016-17	15.55% 1.96%	16.76% 2.73%	14.65% 1.41%
2017-18	14.50% -1.05%	16.02% -0.74%	13.20% -1.45%
2018-19	13.21% -1.29%	14.76% -1.26%	11.89% -1.31%
2019-20	14.64% 1.44%	16.46% 1.70%	13.17% 1.27%
2020-21	13.24% -1.41%	14.71% -1.74%	12.07% -1.10%
2021-22	14.00% 0.76%	15.00% 0.29%	12.01% -0.05%
2022-23	14.54% 0.53%	15.87% 0.87%	13.44% 1.43%
2023-24	14.00% -0.53%	14.99% -0.88%	13.99% 0.55%
Average	14.30%	15.42%	13.35%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 9,020, the average number of admitted is 7,570, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,082.

The number of RWU applicants decreased by 1.44% (117 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Roger Williams University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,021	7,305	1,104
2014-15	9,913 9.89%	7,726 5.76%	1,152 4.35%
2015-16	9,597 -3.19%	7,532 -2.51%	1,023 -11.20%
2016-17	9,829 2.42%	7,790 3.43%	1,211 18.38%
2017-18	9,515 -3.19%	7,830 0.51%	1,135 -6.28%
2018-19	9,147 -3.87%	7,875 0.57%	1,040 -8.37%
2019-20	8,906 -2.63%	7,601 -3.48%	1,113 7.02%
2020-21	8,775 -1.47%	7,547 -0.71%	999 -10.24%
2021-22	8,163 -6.97%	7,428 -1.58%	1,040 4.10%
2022-23	8,121 -0.51%	7,389 -0.53%	1,074 3.27%
2023-24	8,238 1.44%	7,249 -1.89%	1,015 -5.49%
Average	9,020	7,570	1,082

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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