Johnson & Wales University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Johnson & Wales University, also known as JWU or J&W, is a private, nonprofit, coeducational, career-oriented university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is home to JWU's main and largest operating campus in the United States. JWU was originally founded in 1914 as a business school by Gertrude I. Johnson and Mary T. Wales. The university is known as "America's Career University". It has campuses in four locations and is organized into the following academic divisions:

• College of Business
• College of Culinary Arts
• The Hospitality College

In addition to the academic buildings, the university’s campus comprises of three hotels. These are used as practicum education facilities for the school's Hotel Management, food service management, and culinary arts degree programs. It is also home to a Wildcat center, which is the athletic facility of Johnson & Wales University in Denver.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in hospitality, cooking and culinary arts, nutrition and exercise therapy, and business and management.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Quarter.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Johnson & Wales participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 97% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 10,488 in 2009-2010 (10,525 full-time equivalent).

About 46% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 54% of the class.

Undergrads are 86% of enrolled students and graduate students are 14%.

Students under 25 years old represent 83% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 98% are full-time and 2% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Johnson & Wales provides on-campus housing for 3,923 of its 10,525 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

The school is in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Johnson & Wales offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Other Than Research or Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Doctoral (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (7 awarded)

• Farm/Farm and Ranch Management

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (42 awarded)

• Equestrian/Equine Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,134 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Fashion Merchandising
• Finance
• General Merchandising/Sales/Related Marketing Operations
• Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations
• Human Resources Management and Services
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (112 awarded)

• Computer Graphics
• Computer Programming/Programmer
• Computer Software Engineering
• Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
• Information Science/Studies

COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS (1,011 awarded)

• Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef
• Culinary Arts/Chef Training
• Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (105 awarded)

• Business Teacher Education
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration

ENGINEERING (21 awarded)

• Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (34 awarded)

• CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
• Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
• Robotics Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (211 awarded)

• Foodservice Systems Administration/Management

HOSPITALITY (585 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management
• Hotel/Motel Administration/Management
• Restaurant/Food Services Management
• Tourism Promotion Operations
• Tourism and Travel Services Management

LAW (22 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

MEDIA (87 awarded)

• Advertising

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (143 awarded)

• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (142 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration