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Rhode Island Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
Johnson & Wales University-Providence, has the lowest yield rate of 14.39% for academic year 2022-2023 in Rhode Island. Roger Williams University is positioned second with 14.54% yield and Salve Regina University follows them with 15%. Next table shows the schools that have low yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the highest yield rates in Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Johnson & Wales University-Providence
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsProvidence, RI
14.39% 8,281 6,909 994 83.43%
2Roger Williams University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBristol, RI
14.54% 8,121 7,389 1,074 90.99%
3Salve Regina University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNewport, RI
15.31% 5,562 3,867 592 69.53%
4Bryant University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSmithfield, RI
15.74% 8,900 6,124 964 68.81%
5University of Rhode Island
Public, four-yearsKingston, RI
17.57% 25,481 19,465 3,420 76.39%
6Rhode Island College
Public, four-yearsProvidence, RI
19.64% 3,921 3,432 674 87.53%
7Providence College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsProvidence, RI
19.68% 11,129 5,874 1,156 52.78%
8Brown University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsProvidence, RI
67.02% 50,649 2,562 1,717 5.06%