Enrollment Trends at Johnson & Wales University-Providence

The student population at Johnson & Wales University-Providence is 4,566 (4,158 undergraduate and 408 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 6,057 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Johnson & Wales University-Providence is 91.06% which is decreased by 5,367 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 690 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

88 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 30.93% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 7,973 where 4,566 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.06% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.94% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 5,367 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 690 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Johnson & Wales University-Providence than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Johnson & Wales University-Providence since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,623	9,525	4,074	5,451	1,098	421	677
2013-14	10,369 -254	9,401 -124	3,943 -131	5,458 7	968 -130	378 -43	590 -87
2014-15	9,955 -414	9,173 -228	3,746 -197	5,427 -31	782 -186	291 -87	491 -99
2015-16	9,454 -501	8,768 -405	3,531 -215	5,237 -190	686 -96	272 -19	414 -77
2016-17	9,324 -130	8,459 -309	3,382 -149	5,077 -160	865 179	355 83	510 96
2017-18	8,563 -761	7,710 -749	3,108 -274	4,602 -475	853 -12	327 -28	526 16
2018-19	7,360 -1,203	6,681 -1,029	2,689 -419	3,992 -610	679 -174	238 -89	441 -85
2019-20	6,695 -665	6,123 -558	2,460 -229	3,663 -329	572 -107	195 -43	377 -64
2020-21	5,676 -1,019	5,120 -1,003	2,006 -454	3,114 -549	556 -16	180 -15	376 -1
2021-22	5,117 -559	4,652 -468	1,844 -162	2,808 -306	465 -91	132 -48	333 -43
2022-23	4,566 -551	4,158 -494	1,610 -234	2,548 -260	408 -57	118 -14	290 -43
Average	7,973	7,252	2,945	4,307	721	264	457

Johnson & Wales University-Providence Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 7,252 where 4,158 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Johnson & Wales University-Providence since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,525	8,857	3,767	5,090	668	307	361
2013-14	9,401	8,754	3,678	5,076	647	265	382
2014-15	9,173	8,529	3,496	5,033	644	250	394
2015-16	8,768	8,185	3,309	4,876	583	222	361
2016-17	8,459	7,899	3,143	4,756	560	239	321
2017-18	7,710	7,267	2,923	4,344	443	185	258
2018-19	6,681	6,263	2,512	3,751	418	177	241
2019-20	6,123	5,767	2,301	3,466	356	159	197
2020-21	5,120	4,604	1,785	2,819	516	221	295
2021-22	4,652	4,339	1,711	2,628	313	133	180
2022-23	4,158	3,955	1,513	2,442	203	97	106
Average	7,252	7,252	2,740	4,026	7,252	205	281

Johnson & Wales University-Providence Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 721 where 408 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Johnson & Wales University-Providence since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,098	927	364	563	171	57	114
2013-14	968	840	321	519	128	57	71
2014-15	782	661	243	418	121	48	73
2015-16	686	596	234	362	90	38	52
2016-17	865	767	317	450	98	38	60
2017-18	853	746	284	462	107	43	64
2018-19	679	524	186	338	155	52	103
2019-20	572	464	156	308	108	39	69
2020-21	556	440	136	304	116	44	72
2021-22	465	372	92	280	93	40	53
2022-23	408	282	74	208	126	44	82
Average	721	721	219	383	721	45	74

Johnson & Wales University-Providence Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.69%. The percentage was 46.55% 10 years ago and Johnson & Wales University-Providence still has a high percentage of white students. 3.59% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.69% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Johnson & Wales University-Providence over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	18	162	815	861	4	4,945	278
2013-14	18	146	884	926	6	5,201	396
2014-15	15	111	968	999	6	5,291	557
2015-16	10	79	1,031	965	6	5,087	681
2016-17	31	104	1,108	1,034	3	4,888	604
2017-18	36	147	1,081	984	2	4,497	436
2018-19	38	168	906	916	1	3,968	257
2019-20	28	208	833	851	0	3,695	142
2020-21	32	190	732	744	0	3,233	98
2021-22	25	191	615	773	0	2,910	74
2022-23	18	164	488	694	0	2,680	114
Average	24	152	860	886	3	4,218	331

Johnson & Wales University-Providence Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

88 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 30.93% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Johnson & Wales University-Providence from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,955	0	1,067	8,888
2015-16	9,454	0	831	8,623
2016-17	9,324	0	756	8,568
2017-18	8,563	0	984	7,579
2018-19	7,360	126	926	6,308
2019-20	6,695	91	909	5,695
2020-21	5,676	275	1,399	4,002
2021-22	5,117	197	1,004	3,916
2022-23	4,566	88	1,397	3,081
Average	7,412	86	1,030	6,296

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