by our College Data Analytics TeamJWU Charlotte earned 15 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 5 in the top 5%, 7 in the top 10% and 2 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #2 of 129 in Most Focused for Food, Nutrition & Related Services, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte holds 15 ranking badges across 4 fields of study, 6 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s online-program rankings. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Explore our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 1 |
| Top 5% | 5 |
| Top 10% | 7 |
| Top 15% | 2 |
| Total | 15 |
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte is best known for Personal & Culinary Services: 4 of its 15 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Food, Nutrition & Related Services, Culinary Arts and Entrepreneurial Studies.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Diversity (Southeast) | ✓ | |||
| Location Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Location Diversity (Southeast) | ✓ | |||
| Location Diversity (North Carolina) | ✓ | |||
| Economic Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Economic Diversity (Southeast) | ✓ | |||
| Economic Diversity (North Carolina) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrepreneurial Studies | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food, Nutrition & Related Services | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recreation Administration | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Culinary Arts | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #205 of 303 in Softball (D3).
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,452 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 30%).
Each ranking here is built on federal education data, 2027 edition. Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte appears in 92 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
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