Total 77,488 Students Enrolled in Rhode Island Colleges

A total of 77,488 students are enrolled in Rhode Island colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

Student Level: There are 65,705 undergraduate and 11,783 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 84.79% and the proportion of graduate students is 15.21%.
Institution Level: 63,326 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 13,002 students enrolled in community colleges, and 1,160 students enrolled in trade schools.

Rhode Island 4-Year College Enrollment Statistics

For 14 Rhode Island 4-year colleges, there are 63,326 students enrolled.

Institution Control: 23,365 (36.90%) students in public and 39,961 (63.10%) in private 4-year colleges.
Student Level: 51,543 (81.39%) undergraduate and 11,783 (18.61%) graduate students in Rhode Island public 4-year colleges.
Gender Breakdown: Of the total student population in Rhode Island 4-year colleges, 58.18% are women (36,844) and 41.82% are men (26,482). This yields a ratio of approximately 72 male students for every 100 female students.
Online Enrollment: 3,355 (5.30%) undergraduate and 2,539 (4.01%) graduate students are enrolled online in Rhode Island 4-year colleges.
Largest and Smallest: For Rhode Island colleges, University of Rhode Island has the most number of students of 17,210 among 4-year colleges. For Rhode Island community colleges, Community College of Rhode Island has the most students of 12,275 and New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Rhode Island is the largest trade school with 646.

Student Population By School Level for Rhode Island Colleges

By attending status, there are 60,028 full-time students and 17,460 part-time students at Rhode Island colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between Rhode Island colleges. A total of 77,488 students have enrolled in Rhode Island colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between Rhode Island Colleges
School	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
School	Total	Total	Full-time	Part-time	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Brown UniversityPrivate, 4-year	11,956	7,910	7,192	718	4,046	3,854	192
Bryant UniversityPrivate, 4-year	3,636	3,200	3,175	25	436	231	205
Johnson & Wales University-ProvidencePrivate, 4-year	4,303	3,908	3,761	147	395	271	124
New England Institute of TechnologyPrivate, 4-year	1,922	1,796	1,632	164	126	119	7
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Rhode IslandPrivate, Less than 2-year	646	646	646	-	-	-	-
Providence CollegePrivate, 4-year	4,666	4,236	4,163	73	430	251	179
Rhode Island CollegePublic, 4-year	6,155	5,154	4,342	812	1,001	315	686
Community College of Rhode IslandPublic, 2-4 year	12,275	12,275	4,686	7,589	-	-	-
University of Rhode IslandPublic, 4-year	17,210	14,376	12,784	1,592	2,834	1,627	1,207
Rhode Island School of DesignPrivate, 4-year	2,520	2,087	2,087	-	433	433	-
Roger Williams UniversityPrivate, 4-year	4,350	4,038	3,603	435	312	214	98
Salve Regina UniversityPrivate, 4-year	2,791	2,135	2,077	58	656	220	436
Empire Beauty School-WarwickPrivate, Less than 2-year	107	107	80	27	-	-	-
Roger Williams University School of LawPrivate, 4-year	484	-	-	-	484	480	4
Lincoln Technical Institute-LincolnPrivate, 2-4 year	659	659	468	191	-	-	-
IYRS School of Technology & TradesPrivate, 2-4 year	68	68	68	-	-	-	-
Paul Mitchell the School-Rhode IslandPrivate, Less than 2-year	181	181	79	102	-	-	-
COLLECTIV Academy-CranstonPrivate, Less than 2-year	102	102	102	-	-	-	-
Johnson & Wales University-OnlinePrivate, 4-year	2,839	2,209	523	1,686	630	108	522
MotoRing Technical Training InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year	124	124	89	35	-	-	-
College UnboundPrivate, 4-year	494	494	348	146	-	-	-
Rob Roy Academy - WoonsocketPrivate, Less than 2-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
College Unbound - Newport/Aquidneck IslandPrivate, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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