Johnson & Wales University-Providence
Providence, RI
Johnson & Wales University-Providence is a private university in Providence, Rhode Island, a midsize city, with 3,868 undergraduates. Its signature fields are family and consumer sciences, followed by criminal justice: together they make up 21% of its bachelor's degrees, about seven times their share across the colleges we cover. 55% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $43,418 ten years after starting.
Johnson & Wales University-Providence admitted 7,400 of 8,841 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (83.7%).
- Acceptance rate
- 83.7%
- Fall 2023 class
- Tuition and fees
- $42,419
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $31,027
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 20–26
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Johnson & Wales University-Providence is known for
Measured by the 833 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Family and consumer sciences
10.7%
of its bachelor's degrees: about 12 times the 0.9% share across the colleges we cover.
Criminal justice
10.2%
of its bachelor's degrees: about five times the 2.2% share across the colleges we cover.
- Culinary Arts and Related Services16820.2% of degrees$55,056+15% vs $47,668 nationally
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services8910.7% of degrees$50,571−8% vs $54,945 nationally
- Criminal Justice and Corrections688.2% of degrees$56,632About the $55,378 national median
- Hospitality Administration/Management597.1% of degrees$55,790About the $56,726 national median
- Business Administration, Management and Operations536.4% of degrees$59,186−13% vs $68,257 nationally
- Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management435.2% of degrees$56,241+11% vs $50,468 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Midsize city
Providence, RI
Undergraduates
3,868
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Master's university, larger programs
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
14 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
3%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Johnson & Wales University-Providence
Two things Johnson & Wales University-Providence published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
15% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 2% sent an ACT. Johnson & Wales University-Providence files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $31,027 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
83.7%
7,400 admitted of 8,841 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 500–630Math 470–600
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
20–26
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
15%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
2%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Johnson & Wales University-Providence?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Johnson & Wales University-Providence costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $42,419, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $60,314. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $31,027 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$42,419
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$60,314
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$31,027
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $60,314 full cost.
- Under $30k$25,530Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$25,443Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$28,088Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$31,803Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$35,464Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
55%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
82%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$43,418
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$26,000
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What Johnson & Wales University-Providence says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Essayconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Essays on this application
1 essay prompt on the application: you would write it.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Rhode Island
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Rhode Island College81.1%
- Roger Williams University87.8%
- University of Rhode Island74.6%
- New England Institute of Technology72.7%
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Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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