45.07% of Applicants Accepted to Rhode Island Colleges in 2022-2023 Admission

The 2023 average acceptance rate of Rhode Island colleges is 45.07% and the admission yield is 19.96%. A total of 129,918 applicants have applied to Rhode Islandcolleges (four-years) and 58,549 have accepted to admit into one or more schools. Finally, 11,686 students out of the accepted students have enrolled into one of the accepted colleges.

For Rhode Island college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 6,943 (5.65%) compared to last year, from 122,975 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 679, which is more than 6.17% last year.

Rhode Island colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 2.25% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Rhode Island colleges. The yield increased by 1.04%.

Among Rhode Island colleges, Brown University has the lowest acceptance rate of 5.06% with 2,562 accepted students out of 50,649 applicants. Brown University has the most number of applicants of 50,649 and University of Rhode Island has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 3,420.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Rhode Island Colleges

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.

Last Update: December 24, 2023 | Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Rhode Island Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
Brown University	50,649 4,081	2,562 -6	1,717 12	5.06% -0.45%	67.02% 0.63%
Bryant University	8,900 1,915	6,124 982	964 293	68.81% -4.80%	15.74% 2.69%
Johnson & Wales University-Providence	8,281 -973	6,909 -1,273	994 -127	83.43% -4.99%	14.39% 0.69%
New England Institute of Technology	2,375 317	1,769 360	439 58	74.48% 6.02%	24.82% -2.22%
Providence College	11,129	5,874 -579	1,156 116	52.78% -5.20%	19.68% 3.56%
Rhode Island College	3,921 329	3,432 385	674 65	87.53% 2.70%	19.64% -0.35%
University of Rhode Island	25,481 376	19,465 269	3,420 80	76.39% -0.07%	17.57% 0.17%
Rhode Island School of Design	5,099 357	888 2	481 -15	17.42% -1.26%	54.17% -1.81%
Roger Williams University	8,121 -42	7,389 -38	1,074 71	90.99% 0.01%	14.54% 1.04%
Salve Regina University	5,562 458	3,867 119	592 30	69.53% -3.90%	15.31% 0.32%
IYRS School of Technology & Trades	24 -5	22 5	21 10	91.67% 33.05%	95.45% 30.74%
Johnson & Wales University-Online	400 125	270 145	175 96	67.50% 22.05%	64.81% 1.61%

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