For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Rhode Island Colleges is 45.07%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 19.96%. A total of 129,918 have applied, 58,549 admitted, and 11,686 students have enrolled one of Rhode Island Colleges.

Of the Rhode Island colleges, Brown University is the tightest school to admit with 5.06% acceptance rate, and Rhode Island School of Design has the second lowest acceptance rate of 17.42%.

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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Rhode Island Colleges
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
 Brown UniversityProvidence, RI50,6492,5621,717 5.06%67.02%
Bryant UniversitySmithfield, RI8,9006,124964 68.81%15.74%
Johnson & Wales University-OnlineProvidence, RI400270175 67.50%64.81%
Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, RI8,2816,909994 83.43%14.39%
New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, RI2,3751,769439 74.48%24.82%
Providence CollegeProvidence, RI11,1295,8741,156 52.78%19.68%
Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, RI3,9213,432674 87.53%19.64%
Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, RI5,099888481 17.42%54.17%
Roger Williams UniversityBristol, RI8,1217,3891,074 90.99%14.54%
Salve Regina UniversityNewport, RI5,5623,867592 69.53%15.31%
University of Rhode IslandKingston, RI25,48119,4653,420 76.39%17.57%
Average11,8115,3231,06245.07%19.96%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

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