Johnson &
Wales University-Online
Private College in Providence, RI. Median 10-year earnings $43,418.
Ten years after entry, the median Johnson & Wales University-Online student earns $43,418 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is the weak point: 0% graduate within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $26,000, 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
Admissions
Johnson & Wales University-Online admits 91% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. Only 476 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. A 55% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 0% graduate within six years. 52% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. The 50% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. The part-time picture is harder: 39% return, against 52% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,980 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $19,798 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($19,916 versus $25,364), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 72% of students at an average of $6,049. Federal borrowing reaches 52% of students.
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 · 23 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 | $19,916 |
| $30–48k | $20,580 |
| $48–75k | $19,319 |
| $75–110k | $25,365 |
| $110k+ | $25,364 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,020 of these 1,980 students, totalling $9,362,817 — an average of $9,179 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Providence County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026