Johns Hopkins University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Population 2,200,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,580 (49%)
Days Without Precipitation 250 (58%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,739
Men / Women 45% / 55%
From State 13%
From Region 9%
Athletes 641 (11.3%)

Racial/Ethnic

Asian 29%
Hispanic 19%
White 19%
International 15%
Black 8%
Mixed 7%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Peabody Institute 85 60% 32% 14% 2% 8% 38% $53,974 2 +0.81 7 90%
Composition 3 — 33% 33% 0% 0% 0% 67% $54,287 83 +0.81 8 90% — — — —
Dance 5 — 60% 60% 20% 0% 20% 0% $48,970 86 +0.79 4 — — — — —
Music Performance 60 — 62% 37% 15% 3% 10% 28% $54,287 83 +0.81 8 90% — — — —
Music for New Media 17 — 59% 6% 12% 0% 0% 76% $54,287 83 +0.81 8 90% — — — —
Recording Arts and Sciences — +1 — — — — — — $59,532 96 +1.37 16 94% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Whiting School of Engineering 434 53% 20% 35% 6% 12% 18% $144,817 100 +1.64 99 98% 2%
Biomedical Engineering 115 — 36% 13% 48% 5% 11% 17% $108,313 82 +0.82 93 97% — 2% — —
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 63 +2 48% 16% 33% 6% 14% 22% $112,509 73 +0.72 95 100% — — — —
Civil Engineering 6 — 83% 50% 33% 0% 0% 0% $101,086 92 +1.25 89 100% — — — —
Computer Engineering 9 +4 56% 11% 44% 0% 0% 11% $143,309 90 +1.24 99 — — — — —
Electrical Engineering 17 +3 76% 12% 18% 6% 24% 29% $131,441 85 +0.68 99 100% — — — —
Engineering Mechanics 3 — 67% 33% 67% 0% 0% 0% $120,802 98 +2.72 97 — — — — —
Environmental Engineering 5 — 40% 40% 20% 0% 40% 0% $118,279 100 +4.53 97 95% — — — —
General Engineering 3 — 67% 33% 0% 0% 33% 0% $108,396 83 +0.75 93 — — — — —
Materials Science and Engineering 13 +1 69% 38% 31% 0% 15% 0% $107,292 93 +1.44 92 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 47 — 66% 40% 13% 4% 13% 13% $124,059 99 +3.12 98 98% — — — —
Systems Engineering 2 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $133,052 91 +1.25 99 — — — — —
Computer Science 146 +47 60% 18% 36% 8% 10% 22% $203,258 97 +2.29 100 97% — — — —
Applied Mathematics and Statistics 5 +12 80% 40% 0% 0% 20% 40% $145,946 88 +1.18 99 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences 874 36% 20% 24% 10% 25% 12% $80,260 73 +0.58 66 94%
Chemistry 30 +2 50% 30% 33% 10% 17% 7% $81,806 90 +0.99 69 — — — — —
Earth and Planetary Sciences 3 +1 67% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $72,773 83 +0.69 50 — — — — —
Mathematics 43 +31 58% 12% 35% 0% 12% 35% $145,958 95 +2.29 99 100% — — — —
Physics 18 +5 61% 22% 17% 0% 33% 28% $105,604 93 +1.59 91 — — — — —
Behavioral Biology 120 +13 32% 12% 37% 4% 28% 13% $64,334 31 -0.23 27 91% — — — —
Biology 20 +4 25% 15% 5% 15% 30% 5% $68,713 62 +0.26 39 — — — — —
Biophysics 14 +3 71% 43% 36% 0% 7% 14% $77,544 71 +0.54 61 89% — — — —
Human Biology 22 +14 9% 5% 14% 23% 50% 0% $28,272 1 -3.71 1 90% — — — —
Molecular and Cellular Biology 169 +14 40% 14% 34% 10% 22% 11% $66,825 23 -0.42 34 93% — — — —
Environmental Science 13 +1 54% 23% 0% 0% 46% 23% $61,885 69 +0.41 21 — — — — —
Natural Sciences 11 +24 45% 18% 9% 27% 45% 0% $60,517 65 +0.23 18 — — — — —
Public Health Studies 136 +40 18% 16% 22% 21% 24% 7% $80,043 90 +1.38 66 97% — — — —
Economics 64 +35 56% 34% 11% 5% 14% 23% $127,657 87 +1.12 98 97% — — — —
Archaeology 3 +1 67% 0% 0% 0% 33% 33% $73,996 94 +1.67 53 — — — — —
Classics 2 +5 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $74,453 94 +1.71 54 — — — — —
East Asian Studies 1 +7 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $56,170 47 -0.24 10 — — — — —
English 5 +4 40% 40% 20% 20% 20% 0% $60,397 87 +0.97 18 — — — — —
French — +3 — — — — — — $62,198 67 +0.37 22 — — — — —
General Education 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $73,932 94 +1.59 53 — — — — —
History 7 +5 57% 57% 14% 0% 14% 0% $75,900 95 +1.85 58 — — — — —
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology 3 +1 67% 0% 67% 0% 33% 0% $75,094 94 +1.77 56 — — — — —
Near Eastern Studies 1 +2 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,620 49 -0.21 11 — — — — —
Philosophy 1 +10 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $73,786 84 +0.93 52 — — — — —
Romance Languages — +25 — — — — — — $62,921 68 +0.44 23 — — — — —
Writing Seminars 22 +7 23% 45% 32% 5% 5% 5% $60,670 88 +1.01 18 86% — — — —
Anthropology 4 +4 25% 50% 25% 0% 25% 0% $75,027 94 +1.64 56 — — — — —
Behavioral Sciences 12 +7 42% 0% 17% 17% 58% 0% $67,450 97 +1.88 35 — — — — —
Cognitive Science 21 +19 14% 5% 14% 24% 43% 5% $60,476 11 -0.95 18 100% — — — —
International Studies 49 +15 39% 39% 16% 4% 10% 20% $102,593 97 +1.56 90 97% — — — —
Political Science 23 +9 61% 35% 13% 4% 43% 4% $105,047 96 +2.42 91 96% — — — —
Psychology 47 +26 11% 17% 19% 17% 36% 4% $69,570 87 +0.90 41 85% — — — —
Sociology 3 +12 0% 33% 0% 33% 0% 33% $75,054 95 +1.65 56 — — — — —
Film and Media Studies 3 +3 67% 67% 0% 0% 0% 33% $59,532 95 +1.53 16 94% — — — —
History of Art 3 +1 33% 0% 33% 0% 33% 0% $52,023 62 +0.02 6 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $71,032
ROI Percentile 88th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 98%
4-Year Graduation Rate 87%
6-Year Graduation Rate 94%
Transfer-Out Rate 3%

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).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Life & Natural Sciences 24.8% 345 35% 14% 32% 9% 26% 11% $64,045 33 -0.48 26 92% —
Engineering 20.3% 283 49% 21% 35% 5% 13% 16% $114,648 90 +1.31 95 98% —
Social Sciences 11.4% 159 30% 25% 16% 12% 31% 9% $83,758 98 +1.18 72 93% —
Computer Science 10.5% 146 60% 18% 36% 8% 10% 22% $203,258 98 +2.29 100 97% —
Health Sciences 9.8% 136 18% 16% 22% 21% 24% 7% $80,043 63 +1.38 66 97% —
Physical Sciences & Math 7.1% 99 58% 22% 28% 3% 18% 24% $116,963 94 +1.66 96 100% —
Arts 6.5% 91 59% 32% 14% 2% 9% 36% $54,093 62 +0.81 8 90% —
Business & Economics 4.6% 64 56% 34% 11% 5% 14% 23% $127,657 97 +1.12 98 97% —
Humanities 3.3% 46 37% 43% 24% 4% 13% 4% $65,755 89 +1.21 31 86% —
Agriculture & Food Science 1.7% 24 50% 21% 4% 12% 46% 12% $61,258 56 +0.33 20 — —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $1,712M #1 96% $9.1M 137 #21 955 170
Health Sciences $948M #5 70% $89.6M 118 #9 849 1,043
Physical Sciences & Math $683M #1 96% $1.7M 57 #54 460 88
Life & Natural Sciences $399M #6 75% $29.6M 138 #7 894 467
Computer Science $302M #1 97% $2.0M 28 #26 206 17
Humanities & Social Sciences $32.3M #69 55% $1.1M 77 #64 296 35
Business & Economics $0.8M #228 3% $0 8 #150 44 —
Education $0 #457 — $0 59 #40 — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — 11
Total $4,078M #1 88% $133M 622 #26 3,704 1,831

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 145 $376K $349K $26K
Football 87 $1.0M $978K $39K
Lacrosse 58 $2.9M $2.8M $63K
Baseball 44 $517K $517K $0
Soccer 30 $284K $284K $0
Swimming 22 $219K $219K $0
Fencing 21 $144K $133K $11K
Water Polo 18 $200K $143K $56K
Wrestling 16 $225K $201K $24K
Tennis 15 $239K $214K $25K
Basketball 14 $418K $373K $44K
Total 382 $6.6M $6.3M $291K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 146 $416K $380K $35K
Lacrosse 39 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Soccer 37 $376K $351K $24K
Field Hockey 29 $437K $386K $50K
Fencing 21 $144K $132K $12K
Volleyball 21 $300K $271K $28K
Basketball 17 $344K $344K $0
Swimming 17 $219K $205K $14K
Tennis 13 $242K $224K $17K
Total 259 $4.6M $4.4M $183K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 291 $792K $730K $62K
Lacrosse 97 $5.0M $5.0M $63K
Football 87 $1.0M $978K $39K
Soccer 67 $660K $635K $24K
Baseball 44 $517K $517K $0
Fencing 42 $289K $265K $23K
Swimming 39 $438K $424K $14K
Basketball 31 $762K $718K $44K
Field Hockey 29 $437K $386K $50K
Tennis 28 $481K $439K $42K
Volleyball 21 $300K $271K $28K
Water Polo 18 $200K $143K $56K
Wrestling 16 $225K $201K $24K
Total 641 $16.1M $15.9M $153K

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 5.8%
Yield (non-ED) 24%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 2
Early Decision 2 Jan 2

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 4% 6% 3%
Early Decision 8% 13% 7%
Unhooked Early Decision 7% 11% —

Hooked: recruited athletes, faculty-related, and Questbridge

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 77%
SAT Range 1530 – 1560
SAT Math Range 780 – 800
SAT RW Range 750 – 780