Johnson & Wales University-Online offers 74 major programs for degree granting/certificate programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity (online degrees/courses) is given to 74 major programs - 10 Certificate, 3 Associate, 31 Bachelors, 25 Masters, 1 Doctorate, and 4 Post-graduate Certificate.

The 2025 tuition & fees is $13,365 for undergraduate programs and $15,156 for graduate programs.

Total of 2,839 students have enrolled in the school online exclusively. Last year, total 586 students have completed their degree/certificate program through distance learning.

Online Degrees / Programs Overview
School NameJohnson & Wales University-Online
TypeFour-year, Private (not-for-profit)
Address8 Abbott Park Pl, Providence, RI
Online Students2,839
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees$13,365
Graduate Tuition & Fees$15,156
Student to Faculty13:1 (7.69%)
Online Degree Programs
Total74 Programs
Certificate10 Programs
Associates3 Programs
Bachelors31 Programs
Masters25 Programs
Doctorate1 Programs
Post-Graduate4 Programs

2025 Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2024-2025 tuition & fees and costs trends over last 5 years at Johnson & Wales University-Online. Each cost is an average amount over the all offered programs. The tuition & fees is $13,365 for all students. For graduate programs, the 2025 tuition & fees is $15,156 for all students.

The cost per credit hour for part-time students or overload credits of full-time students is $495 for undergraduate programs. The costs per credit hour for graduate programs is $842 for all students.

Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
2020-20212021-20222022-20232023-20242024-2025
Undergraduate$13,365$13,365$13,365$13,365$13,365
Graduate$14,148$14,706$15,156$15,156$15,156
Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
2020-20212021-20222022-20232023-20242024-2025
Undergraduate$495$495$495$495$495
Graduate$786$817$842$842$842
Data source: IPEDS (integrated Postsecondary Education Data System)

Online Programs By Area of Study

Johnson & Wales University-Online offers 74 degree programs through Certificate, Associates, Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 74 programs can be conferred by distance learning - 10 Certificates, 3 Associates, 31 Bachelors, 25 Masters, 1 Doctorate, 4 Post-Bachelors or Post-Masters.

The following table summarizes the number of degree programs by degree types.

Total Number of Online Degree Programs
CertificateAssociatesBachelors MastersDoctorate Post-Graduate
Online Programs10331 2514
Overall Programs10331 2514

Majors and number of completers

The following tables show the offered programs by degree/certificate along with number of completers for each program last year.

What is Computer and Information Sciences program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Communication1 NOT OFFERED 1NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
AdvertisingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 9NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Personal and Culinary Services program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Computer ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 9NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources DesignNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 11NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Education program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant21 1 NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Engineering Technology program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Educational/Instructional TechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDONLY IN CLASSROOM NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Work and Family Studies program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Engineering/Industrial ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is English Language and Literature program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Human NutritionNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED15 NOT OFFERED 1
Foodservice Systems Administration/Management1 NOT OFFERED 44NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
General StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Psychology program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 16NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Sport and Fitness Administration/ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
PsychologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 23NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Industrial and Organizational PsychologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED14 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Human Services program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED7 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Securities Services Administration/ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Homeland SecurityNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED4 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Social Sciences program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Public AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Visual and Performing Arts program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Political Science and GovernmentNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
SociologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Design and Visual CommunicationsONLY IN CLASSROOM NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Business program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Public Health1 NOT OFFERED 715 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Health Services AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED ONLY IN CLASSROOMNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
What is Business program?
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Business Administration and ManagementNOT OFFERED 8 4734 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management19 NOT OFFERED 24 NOT OFFERED ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED4 NOT OFFERED ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Project ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED26 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Retail ManagementONLY IN CLASSROOM NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Organizational LeadershipNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED ONLY IN CLASSROOMNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Risk ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED ONLY IN CLASSROOMNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Accounting4 NOT OFFERED 8NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Accounting and Business/ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED4 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Small Business Administration/ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 14NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
FinanceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1512 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Hospitality Administration/ManagementNOT OFFERED 1 2127 NOT OFFERED ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Tourism and Travel Services ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 9ONLY IN CLASSROOM NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Hotel/Motel Administration/ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Restaurant/Food Services ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED ONLY IN CLASSROOMNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Brewery/Brewpub Operations/ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDONLY IN CLASSROOM NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Hospitality Administration/Management (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 720 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Organizational Behavior StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED 24 NOT OFFERED
International Business/Trade/CommerceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Information Resources ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Management ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 27 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Fashion MerchandisingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 234 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED

Distance Learning Program Student Population

Since Johnson & Wales University-Online is an online college that all programs are offered via distance learning, all 2,839 students have enrolled online exclusively.

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment2,839
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses2,839
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses-
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses-

By location where enrolled students live, out of a total of 2,839 enrolled exclusively in online courses, 371 Rhode Island Residents were enrolled in online classes exclusively, 2,460 students living in the U.S. States other than Rhode Island, and 5 non-U.S. students enrolled in online courses.

Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses2,839
Rhode Island Resident371
Other State In U.S.2,460
Outside of U.S.5
Distance Learning Enrollment By Degree
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses2,839
Undergraduate2,209
Graduate630
Distance Learning Enrollment Undergraduate Students
Enrolled Exclusively in Undergraduate Online Courses2,209
Degree/Certificate Seeking2,202
Non-Degree/Certificate Seeking7

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