Johnson C Smith University Business Programs

Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, Johnson C Smith University is a private not-for-profit institution. Charlotte is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Johnson C Smith University?

Contact details for JCSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	100 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC 28216-5398
Phone:	704-378-1000
Website:	www.jcsu.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/smithites
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/JCSUniversity

How Do I Get Into JCSU?

You can apply to JCSU online at: https://applyjcsu.force.com/onlineapp/TX_CommunitiesSelfReg?startURL=%2Fonlineapp%2FTX_CommunitiesHome

Admission Requirements for JCSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into JCSU?

The acceptance rate of Johnson C Smith University is 49%. While it may not be as selective as some schools, it does screen its applicants very carefully. Do what you can to stand out among others in the pool of applicants!

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 49%, and the acceptance rate for women is 49%.

Average Test Scores

About 70% of students accepted to JCSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 410 and 500. Math scores were between 390 and 480.

JCSU received ACT scores from 54% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 11 and 17. Math scores were between 14 and 17. Composite scores were between 13 and 18.

Can I Afford Johnson C Smith University?

The overall average net price of JCSU is $21,626. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At JCSU, approximately 90% of students took out student loans averaging $6,785 a year. That adds up to $27,140 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at JCSU is 14.7%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Johnson C Smith University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,253 undergraduate students at JCSU, with 1,191 being full-time and 62 being part-time.

There are also 53 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,191 full-time undergraduates at JCSU, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Johnson C Smith University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	3
Black or African American	871
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	18
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	274

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Johnson C Smith University. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 15 countries are represented at JCSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Jamaica, South Africa, and Canada.

Online Learning at Johnson C Smith University

In 2019-2020, 51 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at JCSU has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of JCSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Johnson C Smith University was 13.3%. This is the #1,112 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at JCSU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Johnson C Smith University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	49	49
General Economics	0	0
TOTAL	49	49

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Boston Public Library under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.