For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Rhode Island colleges is 45.41%, 61,594 accepted out of 135,626 applicants.
For Rhode Island college admission, the total number of applicants decreased by 922 (-0.68%) compared to last year, from 136,548 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 16, which is less than -0.14% last year.
Rhode Island colleges' acceptance rate increased by 1.26% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Rhode Island colleges. The yield decreased by 0.44%.
Among Rhode Island colleges, Brown University has the lowest acceptance rate of 5.39% with 2,638 accepted students out of 48,904 applicants. Brown University has the most number of applicants of 48,904 and University of Rhode Island has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 2,995.
The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Rhode Island. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.
| School | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown University | 48,904 -2,412 | 2,638 -48 | 1,719 24 | 5.39% 0.16% | 65.16% 2.06% |
| Rhode Island School of Design | 6,692 -434 | 1,249 265 | 518 14 | 18.66% 4.85% | 41.47% -9.75% |
| Providence College | 12,521 52 | 6,372 297 | 1,223 26 | 50.89% 2.17% | 19.19% -0.51% |
| Bryant University | 9,825 319 | 6,431 190 | 883 -65 | 65.46% -0.19% | 13.73% -1.46% |
| New England Institute of Technology | 2,747 217 | 1,833 -7 | 418 -75 | 66.73% -6.00% | 22.80% -3.99% |
| Salve Regina University | 6,202 505 | 4,228 245 | 557 5 | 68.17% -1.74% | 13.17% -0.69% |
| University of Rhode Island | 26,987 1,596 | 19,475 -93 | 2,995 -294 | 72.16% -4.91% | 15.38% -1.43% |
| Roger Williams University | 8,029 -209 | 7,042 -189 | 918 -104 | 87.71% -0.07% | 13.04% -1.09% |
| Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 7,828 -1,013 | 6,921 -479 | 1,092 36 | 88.41% 4.71% | 15.78% 1.51% |
| IYRS School of Technology & Trades | 18 -7 | 16 -4 | 16 4 | 88.89% 8.89% | 100.00% 40.00% |
| Johnson & Wales University-Online | 476 30 | 433 191 | 236 81 | 90.97% 36.71% | 54.50% -9.55% |
| Rhode Island College | 5,415 427 | 4,972 927 | 1,149 336 | 91.82% 10.73% | 23.11% 3.01% |