Acceptance Rate Comparison between Rhode Island Colleges

For the academic year 2024-2025, the average acceptance rate of Rhode Island Colleges is 45.41%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 19.01%. A total of 135,626 have applied, 61,594 admitted, and 11,708 students have enrolled one of Rhode Island Colleges.

Of the Rhode Island colleges, Brown University is the tightest school to admit with 5.39% acceptance rate, and Rhode Island School of Design has the second lowest acceptance rate of 18.66%.

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Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table

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2025 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Rhode Island Colleges
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
 Brown UniversityProvidence, RI48,9042,6381,719 5.39%65.16%
Bryant UniversitySmithfield, RI9,8256,431883 65.46%13.73%
Johnson & Wales University-OnlineProvidence, RI476433236 90.97%54.50%
Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, RI7,8286,9211,092 88.41%15.78%
New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, RI2,7471,833418 66.73%22.80%
Providence CollegeProvidence, RI12,5216,3721,223 50.89%19.19%
Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, RI5,4154,9721,149 91.82%23.11%
Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, RI6,6921,249518 18.66%41.47%
Roger Williams UniversityBristol, RI8,0297,042918 87.71%13.04%
Salve Regina UniversityNewport, RI6,2024,228557 68.17%13.17%
University of Rhode IslandKingston, RI26,98719,4752,995 72.16%15.38%
Average12,3305,5991,06445.41%19.01%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2024-2025 data from National Center For Education Statistics (January 2, 2025).

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