John Brown University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 20.4-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 68 Title IV programs, 15 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 53 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing15 · 22.1%
- No Data53 · 77.9%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 2
- Apr 2023Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- May 2022Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 581 students received $3.2M in Pell grants, alongside $9.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 611 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (0.4%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at John Brown
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 5
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus3
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
John Brown vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions John Brown selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectJohn Brown University | 72% | — | 2,350 | $20,397 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
| 69% | 59.7% | 2,306 | $21,574 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 55% | 86.7% | 1,772 | $9,854 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 71% | 64.4% | 3,211 | $28,551 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 48% | 69.0% | 3,218 | $17,127 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 42% | 67.3% | 3,457 | $18,759 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| Peer group median | 62% | 67.3% | 2,781 | $19,578 |
Institutions like John Brown
Explore the federal data for institutions in John Brown's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsTennessee
Freed-Hardeman University
Grad rate69%Admit rate59.7%Enrollment2,306Net price$21,574View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsTennessee
Christian Brothers University
Grad rate55%Admit rate86.7%Enrollment1,772Net price$9,854View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsFlorida
Florida Southern College
Grad rate71%Admit rate64.4%Enrollment3,211Net price$28,551View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsLouisiana
Xavier University of Louisiana
Grad rate48%Admit rate69.0%Enrollment3,218Net price$17,127View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsTennessee
Cumberland University
Grad rate42%Admit rate67.3%Enrollment3,457Net price$18,759View data
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