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John Brown University Data & Information Overview

209 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
53% Acceptance Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on John Brown University, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is John Brown University Ranked?

#673 Best Colleges in Nation
#4 Best Colleges in AR
Organizational Leadership Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

John Brown University was awarded 209 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is organizational leadership.

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, JBU is ranked #673 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.

JBU is also ranked #4 out of 34 schools in Arkansas.

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Is It Hard to Get Into JBU?

53% Acceptance Rate
60% Of Accepted Are Women
16% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at John Brown University is a competitive 53%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.

Average Test Scores

About 16% of students accepted to JBU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 655. Math scores were between 540 and 665.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for John Brown University  ( 560 to 655 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for John Brown University  ( 540 to 665 )
200
800
JBU received ACT scores from 71% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 22 and 29.

ACT Composite Scores for John Brown University  ( 22 to 29 )
1
36

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John Brown University Faculty

15 to 1 Student to Faculty
98% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at John Brown University is about average at 15 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at John Brown University is 98%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  98 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at John Brown University

80% Freshmen Retention
62% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 80% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like John Brown University 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.

Freshmen Retention Rate  80 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at JBU for first-time, full-time students is 62%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  62 out of 100
0
100

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John Brown University Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,326 Full-Time Undergraduates
18.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
60.7% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,820 undergraduates at JBU with 1,326 being full-time and 494 being part-time.

How Much Does John Brown University Cost?

$21,957 Net Price
47% Take Out Loans
$24,688 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of JBU is $21,957. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for JBU

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$18,136 $19,871 $20,127 $22,959 $25,561

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 JBU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At JBU, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $6,172 a year. That adds up to $24,688 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at JBU is 3.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do JBU Graduates Make?

$51,785 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from JBU make around $51,785 per year during the early years of their employment. That's great news for JBU students since it is 22% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of John Brown University

Arkansas State
1,326 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
John Brown University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. The surrounding location of Siloam Springs is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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Contact details for JBU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2000 W University St, Siloam Springs, AR 72761
Phone: 479-524-9500
Website: https://www.jbu.edu/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/JohnBrownUniversity
Twitter: http://twitter.com/JohnBrownUniv

John Brown University Majors

46 Majors With Completions
383 Undergraduate Degrees
164 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 46 majors graduated from John Brown University. Of these students, 383 received undergraduate degrees and 164 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
General Psychology 43 NA
Nursing 28 $55,181
Business Administration & Management 24 $47,449
Design & Applied Arts 24 $31,352
Human Development & Family Studies 20 NA
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 18 NA
Construction Management 16 NA
International Studies 15 NA
International Business 14 NA
Mechanical Engineering 12 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at John Brown University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at JBU

43% Take At Least One Class Online
25% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2020-2021, 1,059 students took at least one online class at John Brown University. This is a decrease from the 1,060 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,059 622
2019-2020 1,060 555
2018-2019 771 451
2017-2018 837 479
2016-2017 736 428

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Notes and References

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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