by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Johnson & Wales University - Providence was awarded 8 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is personal & culinary services.
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JWU Providence landed the #236 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when JWU Providence held the #483 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
JWU Providence is also ranked #4 out of 9 schools in Rhode Island.
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The acceptance rate at Johnson & Wales University - Providence is 83%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that JWU Providence is a good fit for you.
About 18% of students accepted to JWU Providence submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 610. Math scores were between 460 and 580.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Johnson & Wales University - Providence, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Johnson & Wales University - Providence is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 75% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Johnson & Wales University - Providence 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 JWU Providence the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 53%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Johnson & Wales University - Providence.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,120 undergraduates at JWU Providence with 4,604 being full-time and 516 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $28,623 | $29,206 | $30,800 | $32,139 | $33,977 |
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 JWU Providence, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At JWU Providence, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $10,255 a year. That adds up to $41,020 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for JWU Providence are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 8 Abbott Park Place, Providence, RI 02903-3703 |
| Phone: | 401-598-1000 |
| Website: | https://www.jwu.edu/campuses/providence/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Culinary Arts | 536 | $32,775 |
| Food, Nutrition & Related Services | 142 | $32,586 |
| Hospitality Management | 121 | $33,374 |
| Business Administration & Management | 88 | $39,917 |
| Recreation Administration | 73 | $30,963 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 65 | $38,871 |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 39 | $30,996 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 38 | $27,168 |
| Allied Health Professions | 34 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 31 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,485 students took at least one online class at Johnson & Wales University - Providence. This is an increase from the 1,201 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,485 | 88 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,201 | 197 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,674 | 275 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,052 | 126 |
Learn more about online learning at Johnson & Wales University - Providence.
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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