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John Brown University was awarded 17 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is organizational leadership.
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College Factual ranked JBU as #829 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
JBU also holds the #6 spot on the Best Colleges in Arkansas ranking.
John Brown University has an acceptance rate of 57%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for JBU.
About 17% of students accepted to JBU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 710. Math scores were between 530 and 680.
The student to faculty ratio at John Brown University is about average at 15 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at John Brown University is 96%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 84% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like John Brown University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At JBU the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 56%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,820 undergraduates at JBU with 1,326 being full-time and 494 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,284 | $13,907 | $18,506 | $21,807 | $25,124 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of JBU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At JBU, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $5,902 a year. That adds up to $23,608 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for JBU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2000 W University St, Siloam Springs, AR 72761 |
| Phone: | 479-524-9500 |
| Website: | https://www.jbu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 104 | $54,982 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 57 | NA |
| General Psychology | 34 | $35,294 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 22 | $24,893 |
| General Business/Commerce | 20 | $58,390 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 19 | $42,496 |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 19 | $24,935 |
| General Biology | 18 | NA |
| Nursing | 16 | $67,343 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 15 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 884 students took at least one online class at John Brown University. This is a decrease from the 1,059 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 884 | 424 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,059 | 622 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,060 | 555 |
| 2018-2019 | 837 | 479 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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