Cost and net price
| In-state tuition and fees | $13,365 |
| Out-of-state tuition and fees | $13,365 |
| Average cost of attendance | $28,723 |
| Books and supplies | $1,200 |
| Room and board, on campus | Data unavailable |
| Average net price, all aided students | $22,071 |
| Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000 | $21,783 |
| Average net price, family income over $110,000 | Data unavailable |
Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.
Admissions and enrollment
- Admission rate
- 91%
- SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
- Data unavailable
- ACT composite range, middle 50%
- Data unavailable
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 2,202
- Graduate enrollment
- 630
- Students receiving Pell grants
- 40%
- Student to faculty ratio
- 13 to 1
Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.
Graduation, earnings, and debt
| Completion within 150% of normal time | 0% |
| Completion within normal time | 0% |
| First-year retention (full-time) | 52% |
| Median federal debt, graduates | $27,000 |
| Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years) | $307 |
| Median Parent PLUS debt, completers | $41,515 |
| Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry | 67% |
Measure definitions and cohorts
- Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
- Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.
Programs and program-level outcomes
Highest early earnings among programs at Johnson & Wales University-Online
56 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.
Undergraduate certificate (8)
| Program (CIP) | Graduates (recent year) | Median earnings, 1 yr | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting and Related Services CIP 52.03 · All credentials fully online | 10 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online | 41 | Suppressed for privacy | $9,807 |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services CIP 12.05 · All credentials fully online | 12 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Design and Applied Arts CIP 50.04 · All credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services CIP 19.05 · All credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Hospitality Administration/Management CIP 52.09 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication CIP 09.09 · All credentials fully online | 1 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies CIP 23.13 · All credentials fully online | 2 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
Associate's degree (2)
| Program (CIP) | Graduates (recent year) | Median earnings, 1 yr | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online | 11 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services CIP 12.05 · All credentials fully online | 2 | $36,999 | $14,137 |
Bachelor's degree (22)
| Program (CIP) | Graduates (recent year) | Median earnings, 1 yr | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting and Related Services CIP 52.03 · All credentials fully online | 9 | $56,753 | $28,825 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online | 51 | $47,732 | $28,250 |
| Communication and Media Studies CIP 09.01 · All credentials fully online | 1 | $36,547 | $27,000 |
| Computer Science CIP 11.07 · All credentials fully online | 5 | Suppressed for privacy | $27,550 |
| Computer Software and Media Applications CIP 11.08 · All credentials fully online | 3 | $39,596 | $27,000 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections CIP 43.01 · All credentials fully online | 0 | $40,452 | $27,000 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations CIP 52.07 · All credentials fully online | 19 | $39,293 | $27,000 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services CIP 52.08 · All credentials fully online | 4 | $52,623 | $27,000 |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services CIP 19.05 · All credentials fully online | 69 | $42,057 | $28,000 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General CIP 51.00 · All credentials fully online | 2 | $42,268 | $27,000 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management CIP 52.09 · All credentials fully online | 43 | $48,497 | $28,100 |
| Human Resources Management and Services CIP 52.10 · All credentials fully online | 12 | $50,423 | $43,476 |
| International Business CIP 52.11 · All credentials fully online | 3 | $52,566 | $29,550 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities CIP 24.01 · All credentials fully online | 4 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Marketing CIP 52.14 · All credentials fully online | 4 | $47,057 | $27,000 |
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management CIP 31.03 · All credentials fully online | 16 | $44,141 | $27,000 |
| Political Science and Government CIP 45.10 · All credentials fully online | 3 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Psychology, General CIP 42.01 · All credentials fully online | 21 | $40,287 | $27,000 |
| Public Health CIP 51.22 · All credentials fully online | 12 | Suppressed for privacy | $40,000 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication CIP 09.09 · All credentials fully online | 7 | $49,482 | $27,000 |
| Sociology CIP 45.11 · All credentials fully online | 1 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations CIP 52.19 · All credentials fully online | 14 | $40,011 | $29,375 |
Master's degree (19)
| Program (CIP) | Graduates (recent year) | Median earnings, 1 yr | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting and Related Services CIP 52.03 · All credentials fully online | 8 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online | 62 | $70,124 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology CIP 42.28 · All credentials fully online | 14 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections CIP 43.01 · All credentials fully online | 4 | $55,384 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services CIP 12.05 · All credentials fully online | 1 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design CIP 13.05 · All credentials fully online | 4 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Engineering-Related Fields CIP 15.15 · All credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Finance and Financial Management Services CIP 52.08 · All credentials fully online | 13 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services CIP 19.05 · All credentials fully online | 14 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Homeland Security CIP 43.03 · All credentials fully online | 1 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Hospitality Administration/Management CIP 52.09 · All credentials fully online | 39 | $59,848 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Human Resources Management and Services CIP 52.10 · All credentials fully online | 18 | $66,913 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Management Information Systems and Services CIP 52.12 · All credentials fully online | 5 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods CIP 52.13 · All credentials fully online | 4 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Marketing CIP 52.14 · All credentials fully online | 5 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Public Administration CIP 44.04 · All credentials fully online | 4 | $68,041 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Public Health CIP 51.22 · All credentials fully online | 7 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations CIP 52.19 · All credentials fully online | 4 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness CIP 31.05 · All credentials fully online | 2 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
Graduate certificate (4)
| Program (CIP) | Graduates (recent year) | Median earnings, 1 yr | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online | 4 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design CIP 13.05 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services CIP 19.05 · All credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Hospitality Administration/Management CIP 52.09 · All credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
Doctoral degree (1)
| Program (CIP) | Graduates (recent year) | Median earnings, 1 yr | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Resources Management and Services CIP 52.10 · All credentials fully online | 8 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |