Charlotte, NC · Private nonprofit
45.2%
Acceptance rate
$20,011
Avg net price
1,047
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 164Master’s 31 |
| Bachelor’s 39Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 17Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 14Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 13Master’s 31 |
| Bachelor’s 13Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 13Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 11Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 6Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 3Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 3Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
Johnson C. Smith University
- Primary division
- Division II
- Primary conference
- Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Projected sponsored sports15
Athletic participation
246 unique student-athletes · 15 varsity teams
Presidential Scholarships
Passed
Presidential Scholarships
Presidential Scholarships
Rolling admission
· Apply with the college's application or Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $19,270
- Required fees
- $2,030
- Food and housing
- $8,600
- Books and supplies
- $1,200
- Other expenses
- $5,250
- Total
- $36,350
- $33,3342019–2019–20
- $33,3342020–2120–21
- $33,4442021–2221–22
- $34,2542022–2322–23
- $35,9442023–2423–24
- $36,3502024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $20,011 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2023–24
- First-years with need-based aid
- 93%
- Average share of need met
- 84.9%
- Average need-based grant
- $4,703
- Required forms
- FAFSA and State aid form
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2023–24
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Johnson C Smith University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from the 2023–24 Common Data Set.
Johnson C Smith University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield.
No early admission plans appear in Johnson C Smith University's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Johnson C Smith University admits in-state applicants at 46.5%, out-of-state applicants at 42.2%, and international applicants at 20%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
283 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Johnson C Smith University’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 100% who submitted one.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 2.95
Johnson C Smith University rates 1 factor "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Considered
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Not considered
- Application essay
- Not considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Level of applicant's interest
- Important
- Interview
- Not considered
- Extracurricular activities
- Not considered
- Talent / ability
- Not considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Not considered
- First generation
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Volunteer work
- Not considered
- Work experience
- Not considered
Johnson C Smith University leaves 4 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without a stated test policy or score bands, there’s no academic bar to measure against.
Without the rank spread of enrolled students, there’s no top-of-class signal to place a transcript against.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: Admissions factor grid (C7)
Johnson C Smith University’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $31,100 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $20,011 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 241 of 259 first-years in the 2023–24 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2023–24
Cost of attendance $31,100
Averages among the 241 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Johnson C Smith University offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosed62.5% of Johnson C Smith University’s first-years return for a second year and 34.1% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2023–24
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03