Johnson & Wales University-Online

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Johnson & Wales University-Online

Johnson & Wales University-Online operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 2,202 students of which 2,943 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Johnson & Wales University-Online is categorized as “18” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 91.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $20,252, with published in-state tuition of $13,365 and a Pell grant recipient share of 36.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, and the first-year retention rate is 52.2%. Graduates earn a median of $43,418 ten years after enrolling, compared with $35,802 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 972600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 60.9% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.