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Johnson C Smith University

JCSU

Charlotte, North Carolina 28216-5398

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Data last updated: August 29, 2026

43%Admit rate
$20,011Avg net price
34%Grad in 4 yrs
1,047Undergrads
118Visit slots

Known for business — close-knit campus

Johnson C Smith University is a private institution in Charlotte with particular strength in business and biology.

A small campus of 1K undergraduates with a 11:1 student-faculty ratio. The urban location puts students at the center of city life.

34% of students graduate within four years, and graduates earn a median of $42,680 a decade after enrollment. Net price after aid averages $20,011.

Established
1867
Motto
Sit Lux
Mascot
The Golden Bull
Type
Private historically black university
Conference
Division II
43%
Acceptance
—
SAT Avg
1,047
Undergrads
11:1
Student : Faculty
34%
Grad Rate (4yr)
$42,680
Earnings 10yr
$20,011
Avg Net Price

More About This School

History & Fun Facts

  • •Smith University was established on April 7, 1867, as the Biddle Memorial Institute at a meeting of the Catawba Presbytery in the old Charlotte Presbyterian Church.
  • •The school was then named after her late husband, Henry Jonathan Biddle, who had died after the Battle of Glendale in 1862.
  • •In 1876, the charter was changed by the legislature of the State of North Carolina and the name became Biddle University, under which name the institution operated until 1923.
  • •Sanders as the first African-American as president of a four-year institution in the South.

Source: Wikipedia

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