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Tightest Rhode Island Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Rhode Island colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Brown University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 5.39% for academic year 2023-2024 in Rhode Island. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Rhode Island.
Tightest Rhode Island Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Brown University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsProvidence, RI
5.39%48,9042,6381,71965.16%
2Rhode Island School of Design
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsProvidence, RI
18.66%6,6921,24951841.47%
3Providence College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsProvidence, RI
50.89%12,5216,3721,22319.19%
4Bryant University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSmithfield, RI
65.46%9,8256,43188313.73%
5New England Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsEast Greenwich, RI
66.73%2,7471,83341822.80%
6Salve Regina University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNewport, RI
68.17%6,2024,22855713.17%
7University of Rhode Island
Public, four-yearsKingston, RI
72.16%26,98719,4752,99515.38%
8Roger Williams University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBristol, RI
87.71%8,0297,04291813.04%
9Johnson & Wales University-Providence
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsProvidence, RI
88.41%7,8286,9211,09215.78%
10Johnson & Wales University-Online
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsProvidence, RI
90.97%47643323654.50%