- The Inkwell
- Tennessee
- Johnson University
Knoxville, TNRural: fringeZIP 37998Founded 1893
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1893
- Carnegie class
- Master's: medium programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1970
- Website
- johnsonu.edu
- Member of
- ACA
TennesseeReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Johnson University
Johnson University is a private nonprofit university in Knoxville, Tennessee, with 743 undergraduates. It admits 65% of applicants, graduates 60% within six years and costs $23,549 a year after aid.
60%graduate
Admission rate65%
Retention69%
4-year graduation50%
Pell Grant share44%
Federal loans52%
$23,549net price / year
65%admission rate
1078average SAT
60%graduate in 6 years
$44,300median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,485median debt
#1,467 of 1,704 for earnings#1,133 of 1,739 for lowest net price#689 of 1,738 for graduation rate#456 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $36,839tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $21,854
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $21,854
- Average net price
- $23,549national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$17,664
$30,001–48,000$19,307
$48,001–75,000$19,574
$75,001–110,000$25,781
$110,001+$26,637
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 65%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1078
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 490–570
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 470–540
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 18–24
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college65%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college69%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college60%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college44%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 60%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 50%
- First-year retention
- 69%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 57%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $40,609
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $44,300middle 50%: $27,529–$59,342
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,485
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$59,342
Median, Johnson University$44,300
Lower quarter$27,529
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 743
- Part-time
- 8.9%
- Women / men
- 50% / 50%
- Average age at entry
- 22.2
- First-generation students
- 26%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 44%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,075 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $10,567
- Endowment, end of year
- $14,268,458
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White71%
Hispanic6.7%
Black6.1%
Asian1.2%
Two or more races2.7%
U.S. nonresident9.0%
Unknown3.0%
16 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management25%
Theology & religious vocations24%
Psychology13%
Parks, recreation & fitness12%
Education4.3%
Health professions4.3%
Family & consumer sciences3.6%
Communications technologies2.9%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 220473. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q12060891.