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Johnson & Wales University - Online was awarded 38 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is food, nutrition & related services.
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JWU Online was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
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If you're applying to Johnson & Wales University - Online you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 68%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
At JWU Online, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Johnson & Wales University - Online is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 33% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Johnson & Wales University - Online. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,318 undergraduates at JWU Online with 419 being full-time and 899 being part-time.
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 JWU Online, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At JWU Online, approximately 85% of students took out student loans averaging $8,602 a year. That adds up to $34,408 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for JWU Online are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 8 Abbott Park Pl, Providence, RI 02903 |
| Phone: | 401-598-1000 |
| Website: | https://online.jwu.edu/?_ga=2.36357734.752362341.1629739669-391300583.1600981500 |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/johnsonandwales |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/jwuprovidence |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 179 | $39,917 |
| Hospitality Management | 147 | $33,374 |
| Food, Nutrition & Related Services | 93 | $32,586 |
| Human Resource Management | 66 | $46,645 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 36 | $53,555 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 27 | $27,168 |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 26 | $30,996 |
| Recreation Administration | 26 | $30,963 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 21 | $38,871 |
| Marketing | 15 | $41,544 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 2,505 students took at least one online class at Johnson & Wales University - Online. This is an increase from the 2,349 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,505 | 2,504 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,349 | 2,349 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,152 | 2,152 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,508 | 1,508 |
Learn more about online learning at Johnson & Wales University - Online.
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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