Johnson & Wales University - Providence Overview

Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Providence, Rhode Island. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Johnson & Wales University - Providence Known For?

• The highest award offered at JWU Providence is the doctor's degree.
• For the 2019-2020 academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from JWU Providence makes roughly $41,977 a year. This is 3% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average JWU Providence student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Johnson & Wales University - Providence Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at JWU Providence.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Most Popular Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Most Popular Food, Nutrition & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Most Popular Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Most Popular Other Education Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#15	Most Popular Specialized Sales Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Most Popular Entrepreneurial Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Most Popular Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#33	Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards JWU Providence has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#9	Highest Paid Master’s Degree Health & Physical Education Graduates	College Factual
#19	Highest Paid Sports Management Graduates	College Factual
#27	Highest Paid Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Graduates	College Factual
#27	Highest Paid Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduates	College Factual
#41	Highest Paid Public Health Graduates	College Factual
#247	Highest Paid Health Professions Graduates	College Factual

Where Is Johnson & Wales University - Providence?

Contact details for JWU Providence are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	8 Abbott Park Place, Providence, RI 02903-3703
Phone:	401-598-1000
Website:	www.jwu.edu/campuses/providence/index.html
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/johnsonandwales
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/JWUNorthMiami

How Do I Get Into JWU Providence?

You can apply to JWU Providence online at: https://enroll.jwu.edu/apply/?_ga=2.5596917.752362341.1629739669-391300583.1600981500

Admission Requirements for JWU Providence

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into JWU Providence?

Since JWU Providence has an acceptance rate of 87%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Can I Afford Johnson & Wales University - Providence?

The overall average net price of JWU Providence is $39,596. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At JWU Providence, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $10,157 a year. That adds up to $40,628 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at JWU Providence is 6.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Johnson & Wales University - Providence Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,120 undergraduate students at JWU Providence, with 4,604 being full-time and 516 being part-time.

There are also 556 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,604 full-time undergraduates at JWU Providence, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Johnson & Wales University - Providence students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	157
Black or African American	616
Hispanic or Latino	615
White	2,699
International Students	170
Other Races/Ethnicities	347

Geographic Diversity

Rhode Island students aren't the only ones who study at Johnson & Wales University - Providence. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 76 countries are represented at JWU Providence. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Johnson & Wales University - Providence

In 2019-2020, 1,674 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at JWU Providence has changed over the last few years.

Online Affordability Rankings of JWU Providence

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Johnson & Wales University - Providence was $34,736 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how JWU Providence is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	#1	#1
Hospitality Management	#34	#34

Online Growth Rankings of JWU Providence

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Johnson & Wales University - Providence was 3,168.6%. This is the #47 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at JWU Providence regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Johnson & Wales University - Providence Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Culinary Arts	3	293	107	0	0	0	403
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	0	0	171	0	0	0	171
Hospitality Management	0	0	99	0	32	0	131
Business Administration & Management	0	0	82	0	28	0	110
Recreation Administration	0	0	71	0	0	0	71
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	54	0	0	0	54
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	53	0	0	0	53
Accounting	0	1	36	0	8	0	45
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	0	0	42	0	2	0	44
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	0	37	0	37
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	36	0	0	0	36
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	22	0	13	0	35
Marketing	0	0	30	0	0	0	30
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	29	0	0	0	29
Computer Software & Applications	0	0	28	0	0	0	28
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	0	25	0	25
General Psychology	0	0	25	0	0	0	25
Human Resource Management	0	0	8	0	15	0	23
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	0	0	20	0	20
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	19	0	0	0	19
Homeland Security	0	0	18	0	0	0	18
International Business	0	0	17	0	0	0	17
Information Technology	0	0	0	0	17	0	17
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	0	0	17	0	0	0	17
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	16	0	0	0	16
Other Education	0	0	0	14	2	0	16
General Biology	0	0	15	0	0	0	15
Educational Administration	0	0	0	0	0	15	15
Computer Engineering	0	0	14	0	0	0	14
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	0	12	0	12
Computer Systems Networking	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
Animal Services	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
Electronics Engineering Technology	0	0	8	0	0	0	8
Public Health	0	0	8	0	0	0	8
Political Science & Government	0	0	8	0	0	0	8
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	0	7	0	0	0	0	7
Agricultural Production	0	1	5	0	0	0	6
Other Engineering	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
Health & Physical Education	0	0	0	0	6	0	6
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Computer Science	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Robotics Engineering	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Sociology	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Computer Programming	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Information Science	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Writing Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Legal Support Services	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	3	302	1,075	14	224	15	1,633

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.