Johnson University
Private College in Knoxville, TN. Six-year graduation rate 59%. Median 10-year earnings $40,596.
Students who entered Johnson University reach a median of $40,596 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 59%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $21,500, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.4 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
65% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. With 794 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield sits at 32% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. 25% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 490–570 | 33 (25%) |
| SAT Math | 470–540 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–24 | 104 (78%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 59% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 69% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Transfer-out runs to 14% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Retention drops to 18% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 703 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $22,615 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $17,246 at $0–30k, $24,860 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 89% of students receive it, averaging $11,564. Borrowing is widespread: 56% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 170 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $17,246 |
| $30–48k | $19,212 |
| $48–75k | $23,206 |
| $75–110k | $25,075 |
| $110k+ | $24,860 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 391 of these 703 students, totalling $3,530,697 — an average of $9,030 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Knox County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)