Johnson & Wales University-Providence
Johnson & Wales University-Providence admitted 88% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 890–1160 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $29,952 a year. Within six years, 49% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 88%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 890–1160
- ACT middle 50%
- 22–27
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $62,760 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $29,952 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $26,196 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $44,581 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 49%
- Students who return for a second year
- 82%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $53,928 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 3,868
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 38%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Culinary, entertainment and personal services
- 36%
- Business, management and marketing
- 20%
- Family and consumer sciences
- 9%
- Health professions
- 8%
- Homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting
- 7%
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Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Aquinas College MI · 90% admitted
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- Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL · 87% admitted
- University of Nebraska at Kearney NE · 90% admitted
- University of Central Arkansas AR · 90% admitted
More colleges in Rhode Island
- University of Rhode Island RI · 72% admitted
- Brown University RI · 5.4% admitted
- Rhode Island College RI · 92% admitted
- Providence College RI · 51% admitted
- Roger Williams University RI · 88% admitted
- Bryant University RI · 66% admitted
- Johnson & Wales University-Online RI · 91% admitted
- Salve Regina University RI · 68% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.