Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at URI

At University of Rhode Island, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 74.64%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 77.00%. URI's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.01%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of URI applicants decreased by -0.35% (90 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.64%, and this year's acceptance rate is 77.00% at University of Rhode Island. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.93% and women students' rate is 76.47%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	78.71%	79.07%	78.47%
2014-15	76.81% -1.90%	73.38% -5.69%	79.21% 0.74%
2015-16	73.55% -3.26%	71.33% -2.05%	75.04% -4.17%
2016-17	72.76% -0.79%	70.38% -0.95%	74.37% -0.68%
2017-18	70.06% -2.70%	68.10% -2.28%	71.37% -3.00%
2018-19	69.48% -0.58%	67.17% -0.93%	71.07% -0.29%
2019-20	74.77% 5.29%	71.93% 4.76%	76.65% 5.58%
2020-21	75.51% 0.74%	71.00% -0.93%	78.49% 1.84%
2021-22	76.00% 0.49%	72.00% 1.00%	79.00% 0.51%
2022-23	76.39% 0.39%	72.88% 0.88%	78.51% -0.49%
2023-24	77.00% 0.61%	74.00% 1.12%	79.00% 0.49%
Average	74.64%	71.93%	76.47%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.01% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19.18%	21.29%	17.79%
2014-15	19.57% 0.39%	22.61% 1.31%	17.60% -0.19%
2015-16	20.10% 0.53%	22.48% -0.12%	18.58% 0.99%
2016-17	21.34% 1.24%	23.40% 0.92%	20.03% 1.45%
2017-18	20.66% -0.69%	23.32% -0.08%	18.96% -1.07%
2018-19	19.32% -1.34%	21.58% -1.74%	17.85% -1.11%
2019-20	18.99% -0.33%	21.80% 0.22%	17.25% -0.60%
2020-21	18.33% -0.66%	20.58% -1.22%	16.98% -0.27%
2021-22	17.00% -1.33%	20.00% -0.58%	16.00% -0.99%
2022-23	17.57% 0.57%	19.31% -0.69%	16.60% 0.60%
2023-24	17.00% -0.57%	18.00% -1.31%	16.00% -0.60%
Average	19.01%	21.31%	17.60%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 22,611, the average number of admitted is 16,885, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,188.

The number of URI applicants decreased by -0.35% (90 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	19,824	15,603	2,993
2014-15	20,923 5.54%	16,071 3.00%	3,145 5.08%
2015-16	20,366 -2.66%	14,980 -6.79%	3,011 -4.26%
2016-17	20,971 2.97%	15,259 1.86%	3,257 8.17%
2017-18	21,909 4.47%	15,349 0.59%	3,171 -2.64%
2018-19	22,782 3.98%	15,829 3.13%	3,058 -3.56%
2019-20	22,113 -2.94%	16,534 4.45%	3,140 2.68%
2020-21	23,856 7.88%	18,013 8.95%	3,302 5.16%
2021-22	25,105 5.24%	19,080 5.92%	3,244 -1.76%
2022-23	25,481 1.50%	19,465 2.02%	3,420 5.43%
2023-24	25,391 -0.35%	19,551 0.44%	3,324 -2.81%
Average	22,611	16,885	3,188

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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