Most Favored Rhode Island Colleges

Most Favored Rhode Island Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Rhode Island. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.

Brown University, has the highest yield rate of 65.16% for academic year 2024-2025 in Rhode Island. Rhode Island College is positioned second with 23.11% yield and Providence College follows them with 19%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Rhode Island.

Most Favored Rhode Island Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Brown University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsProvidence, RI	65.16%	48,904	2,638	1,719	5.39%
2	Rhode Island College Public, four-yearsProvidence, RI	23.11%	5,415	4,972	1,149	91.82%
3	Providence College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsProvidence, RI	19.19%	12,521	6,372	1,223	50.89%
4	Johnson & Wales University-Providence Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsProvidence, RI	15.78%	7,828	6,921	1,092	88.41%
5	University of Rhode Island Public, four-yearsKingston, RI	15.38%	26,987	19,475	2,995	72.16%
6	Bryant University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSmithfield, RI	13.73%	9,825	6,431	883	65.46%
7	Salve Regina University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNewport, RI	13.17%	6,202	4,228	557	68.17%
8	Roger Williams University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBristol, RI	13.04%	8,029	7,042	918	87.71%

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