Johns Hopkins University
Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
National
Location
Baltimore, MD
Population
2,200,000
Website
http://www.jhu.edu/
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
5,617
Men / Women
45% / 55%
White
29%
Asian
25%
International
15%
Hispanic
14%
Black
8%
Mixed
5%
Native American
0%
From State
13%
From Region
9%
Academics
Undergraduate Degrees
Life & Natural Sciences
28%
Engineering
19%
Computer Science
10%
Arts
8%
Health Sciences
8%
Physical Sciences & Math
7%
Business & Economics
3%
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$68,670
Est. Cost of Attendance
$92,008
10-Year ROI
$347,000
ROI Percentile
99th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
98%
4-Year Graduation Rate
87%
6-Year Graduation Rate
94%
Transfer-Out Rate
3%
Weather
Comfortable Days
110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours
2,580 (49%)
Days Without Precipitation
250 (58%)
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
6%
Yield (Unbound)
29%
Early Decision 1
Nov 1
Regular Decision
Jan 2
Early Decision 2
Jan 2
Research
Research Level
R1
Expenditure
| Engineering, Computing & Math | $2,278M | #1 |
| Life & Natural Sciences | $1,768M | #1 |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | $17M | #91 |
Graduate Degrees
| Engineering, Computing & Math | 187 | #23 |
| Life & Natural Sciences | 615 | #27 |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | 166 | #137 |
Honors College
Standardized Tests
Test Scores
Test Policy
required
Submitted Test Scores
77%
SAT Range
1540
–
1570
SAT Math Range
780
–
800
SAT RW Range
750
–
780
ACT Range
35
–
35
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
Schools & Majors
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peabody Institute | 99 | 55% / 45% | 19% | $32,608 | 92% | ||
| Recording Arts and Sciences | 8 +2 | 62% / 38% | 25% | $61,601 | 30 | 94% | |
| Composition | 6 — | 100% / 0% | 17% | $29,252 | 1 | 92% | |
| Dance | 9 — | 33% / 67% | 11% | $37,420 | 2 | — | |
| Music Performance | 69 — | 48% / 52% | 20% | $29,252 | 1 | 92% | |
| Music for New Media | 7 — | 100% / 0% | 14% | $29,252 | 1 | 92% |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whiting School of Engineering | 402 | 58% / 42% | 14% | $139,956 | 95% | ||
| Biomedical Engineering | 102 — | 47% / 53% | 6% | $118,167 | 98 | 95% | |
| Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | 63 +1 | 51% / 49% | 14% | $111,011 | 97 | 88% | |
| Civil Engineering | 4 — | 75% / 25% | 0% | $102,662 | 94 | — | |
| Computer Engineering | 8 +3 | 50% / 50% | 12% | $144,486 | 100 | — | |
| Electrical Engineering | 17 +2 | 65% / 35% | 18% | $125,172 | 99 | 95% | |
| Engineering Mechanics | 1 +1 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $118,392 | 98 | — | |
| Environmental Engineering | 9 — | 22% / 78% | 11% | $122,821 | 99 | 95% | |
| General Engineering | 2 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $115,990 | 98 | — | |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 9 — | 67% / 33% | 22% | $101,039 | 93 | — | |
| Mechanical Engineering | 44 +1 | 80% / 20% | 7% | $118,204 | 98 | 98% | |
| Systems Engineering | 1 +1 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $104,307 | 94 | — | |
| Computer Science | 138 +56 | 64% / 36% | 23% | $183,104 | 100 | 97% | |
| Applied Mathematics and Statistics | 4 +19 | 50% / 50% | 25% | $145,659 | 100 | — |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences | 843 | 42% / 58% | 12% | $81,575 | 89% | ||
| Chemistry | 21 +7 | 48% / 52% | 0% | $98,383 | 91 | — | |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 +3 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $63,883 | 37 | — | |
| Mathematics | 43 +39 | 63% / 37% | 28% | $138,612 | 99 | 96% | |
| Physics | 19 +3 | 74% / 26% | 32% | $107,776 | 96 | — | |
| Behavioral Biology | 130 +12 | 48% / 52% | 11% | $70,736 | 56 | 78% | |
| Biology | 22 +10 | 50% / 50% | 18% | $66,990 | 46 | — | |
| Biophysics | 14 +1 | 57% / 43% | 21% | $80,278 | 75 | 89% | |
| Environmental Science | 9 +2 | 11% / 89% | 11% | $62,058 | 32 | — | |
| Environmental Studies | 2 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | $62,440 | 33 | — | |
| Human Biology | 14 +9 | 36% / 64% | 7% | $28,878 | 1 | 90% | |
| Molecular and Cellular Biology | 181 +12 | 38% / 62% | 9% | $66,379 | 45 | 89% | |
| Natural Sciences | 6 +16 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $60,344 | 27 | — | |
| Public Health Studies | 108 +42 | 31% / 69% | 6% | $89,081 | 85 | 97% | |
| Economics | 42 +35 | 69% / 31% | 19% | $145,452 | 100 | 92% | |
| Anthropology | 4 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | $77,641 | 71 | — | |
| Archaeology | 1 +3 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $81,055 | 76 | — | |
| Behavioral Sciences | 15 +3 | 13% / 87% | 13% | $61,861 | 31 | — | |
| Classics | 2 +3 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $76,037 | 68 | — | |
| Cognitive Science | 32 +21 | 22% / 78% | 16% | $61,773 | 31 | 100% | |
| East Asian Studies | 2 +3 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $64,993 | 41 | — | |
| English | 4 +5 | 25% / 75% | 0% | $60,487 | 27 | — | |
| French | 1 +3 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $76,260 | 68 | — | |
| History | 4 +3 | 75% / 25% | 75% | $77,326 | 70 | — | |
| History of Science, Medicine, and Technology | 4 +5 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $76,490 | 69 | — | |
| International Studies | 46 +17 | 37% / 63% | 22% | $91,204 | 87 | 82% | |
| Near Eastern Studies | — — | — | — | $64,533 | 39 | — | |
| Philosophy | 7 +5 | 43% / 57% | 29% | $71,513 | 58 | — | |
| Political Science | 27 +9 | 67% / 33% | 11% | $108,657 | 96 | 91% | |
| Psychology | 39 +32 | 28% / 72% | 10% | $71,101 | 57 | 85% | |
| Romance Languages | 1 +18 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $76,090 | 68 | — | |
| Sociology | 7 +7 | 71% / 29% | 14% | $77,721 | 71 | — | |
| Writing Seminars | 20 +3 | 20% / 80% | 5% | $62,703 | 34 | 86% | |
| Film and Media Studies | 10 +4 | 30% / 70% | 0% | $61,601 | 30 | 94% | |
| History of Art | 4 +1 | 25% / 75% | 25% | $43,583 | 3 | — |
Rankings
Academics
Crying in the Library at 3 AM
Toughest Schools
All-Nighter Hall of Fame
Don't Tell Me What To Do
No Core Curriculum
Choose Your Own Adventure
Can't Hide Behind Your GPA
SAT-required, Highest Medians
1600-Aspiring
Prestige
Grandma Eyebrow Raisers
Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious
Is Everyone an Ivy+ Now?
My Tribe
Tiger Mom Heaven
Most Asian-Americans
Strong Community
Call Your Mother!
Most Jewish
Huge Community
Engineering
Pre-Med Hidding in Plain Sight
Biomedical Engineering
The Pioneers
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes
Chemical Engineering
White-Collar Drug Lords
Playing House
Civil Engineering
Hard Hat Ready
Resistance Is Futile
Computer Engineering
O(1) Touch Grass (Theoretically Computable)
Resistance Is Not Futile
Electrical Engineering
Ohm My God
I Have Always Loved Legos
General Engineering
I Build Robots While Reading Plato, Kneel Before My Megamind
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes.
Materials Engineering
Crystal Clear Leaders
WD-40 & Duct Tape
Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Whiteboard-preferred
We Glow In The Dark
Nuclear Engineering
Glow in the Dark
Computer Science
Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better.
Artificial Intelligence
Sticking to the CS Guns (For Now)
No, I Can't Fix Your Printer
Computer Science (Eng)
AI Hype Riders & Lab Rats
Physical Sciences & Math
Quants, Proofs & p < 0.05
Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Wall Street's Favorite Feeder Schools
Breaking Bad
Chemistry
Pre-Med Darwinian Thunderdome
Rocks and Whales
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Core Samplers
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite
Physics & Astronomy
We Cited Ourselves in the Standard Model
No Words Allowed
Pure Mathematics
Equation Elegance
Life & Natural Sciences
Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room
Biology
Darwin's Favorites
Doomsday Prepping with Data
Environmental Science
Ecosystem Engineers
Memorizing 206 Bones
Human Biology
The Cadaver Club
Lord of the Petri Dish
Microbiology & Immunology
Antibody Avengers
Staring at a Gel Electrophoresis Until Our Eyes Bleed
Molecular Biology & Genomics
Helix Heavyweights
Action Potentials
Neuroscience
Huberman Lab Disciples
X-Ray Vision Required
Clinical Diagnostics
Imaging Innovators
Health Sciences
Behind Every Doctor
Health Services
Hospital VIPs
Where Diagnoses Begin
Laboratory Sciences
Pipette Pioneers
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts)
Nursing
Florence Nightingale's Heirs
Legal Drug Dealers
Pharmacy
Prescription Perfectionists
Saving Lives One Spreadsheet At a Time
Public Health
Pandemic Predictors
Business & Economics
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings
Business Administration
We Don't Actually Offer Undergrad Business
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets
Business Analytics
Dashboard Dictators
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro
Economics
Math Masochists & Stata Sorcerers
Humanities & Social Sciences
I Think, Therefore I Major
Cognitive Science
Silicon Valley Overlords
Much Ado About Nothing
English, Literature & Writing
Bookworm Elite
Saving the Planet, One Policy at a Time
Environmental Policy & Sustainability
Sustainability Wonks
Model UN Generation
Government & Politics
Policy Wonks
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary)
History & Archaeology
Primary Source Hunters
Passport Stamp Collectors
International Relations
Future Ambassadors
Future Lawyers (and Their Future Anxiety)
Law
Pre-Law Prowess
I'll Figure Out the Career Later
Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary
Dabbler Deluxe
Professional Yapping
Media & Communication Studies
Too Prestigious to Call It a Comm Degree
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group
Philosophy & Ethics
The Questioners
Feelings, But With Error Bars
Research & Experimental Psychology
P-Hacking Paranoiacs
I Want To Understand Myself
Psychology
Biological Reductionists
Decolonizing the Curriculum
Regional & Ethnic Studies
Cultural Cartographers
Arguing with God for a Grade
Religion
The Seekers
Everything is a Construct
Sociology & Anthropology
Survey Says
Grammar Police Academy
World Languages & Linguistics
NY Times Crossword Puzzle Experts
Education
No Johnny, Don't Eat Your Buggers
Early Education
Sandbox Specialists
Surviving PTA Karens
General Education
Shaping the Shapers
Everyone Gets a Medal
Special Education
Differentiated Instruction
Show Your Work, Then Teach It
STEM Education
Lab Coat Lecturers
Arts
Eight Hours of Scales
Music
The Maestros' Lounge
Theatre Kid Generation
Performing Arts
Opening Night