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Johns Hopkins University

Basic Information

Type Private
Location Baltimore, MD
Population 2,200,000
Map of the United States

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,617
Men / Women 45% / 55%
White 29%
Asian 25%
International 15%
Hispanic 14%
Black 8%
Mixed 5%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Life & Natural Sciences 38%
Engineering, Computing & Math 35%
Humanities & Social Sciences 17%
Arts 8%
Business & Economics 3%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $66,670
Est. Cost of Attendance $85,947
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 (71th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,580 (49th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 250 (58th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 5%
Yield (Unbound) 27%
Early Decision 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 #92
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 187 #23
Life & Natural Sciences 615 #30
Humanities & Social Sciences 166 #142

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_required
Submitted Test Scores 68%
SAT Range 1,520 – 1,570
ACT Range 34 – 36

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Peabody Institute 99 55% / 45% 19% $34,658
Recording Arts and Sciences 8 +2 62% / 38% 25%
Composition 6 100% / 0% 17% $34,658
Dance 9 33% / 67% 11%
Music Performance 69 48% / 52% 20% $34,658
Music for New Media 7 100% / 0% 14% $34,658
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Whiting School of Engineering 402 58% / 42% 14% $137,676
Applied Mathematics and Statistics 4 +19 50% / 50% 25%
Biomedical Engineering 102 47% / 53% 6% $125,421
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 63 +1 51% / 49% 14% $106,741
Civil Engineering 4 75% / 25% 0%
Computer Engineering 8 +3 50% / 50% 12%
Computer Science 138 +56 64% / 36% 23% $169,563
Electrical Engineering 17 +2 65% / 35% 18% $127,060
Engineering Mechanics 1 +1 100% / 0% 0%
Environmental Engineering 9 22% / 78% 11% $118,097
General Engineering 2 0% / 100% 0%
Materials Science and Engineering 9 67% / 33% 22%
Mechanical Engineering 44 +1 80% / 20% 7% $118,219
Systems Engineering 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% $149,061
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences 843 42% / 58% 12% $92,339
Mathematics 43 +39 63% / 37% 28% $133,281
Physics 19 +3 74% / 26% 32%
Behavioral Biology 130 +12 48% / 52% 11% $68,015
Biology 22 +10 50% / 50% 18%
Biophysics 14 +1 57% / 43% 21% $77,190
Chemistry 21 +7 48% / 52% 0%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 2 +3 50% / 50% 0%
Environmental Science 9 +2 11% / 89% 11%
Environmental Studies 2 50% / 50% 0%
Human Biology 14 +9 36% / 64% 7%
Molecular and Cellular Biology 181 +12 38% / 62% 9% $86,027
Natural Sciences 6 +16 50% / 50% 0%
Public Health Studies 108 +42 31% / 69% 6% $98,667
Economics 42 +35 69% / 31% 19% $136,937
Anthropology 4 50% / 50% 0%
Archaeology 1 +3 0% / 100% 0%
Behavioral Sciences 15 +3 13% / 87% 13%
Classics 2 +3 0% / 100% 0%
Cognitive Science 32 +21 22% / 78% 16%
East Asian Studies 2 +3 50% / 50% 0%
English 4 +5 25% / 75% 0%
French 1 +3 0% / 100% 0%
History 4 +3 75% / 25% 75%
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology 4 +5 50% / 50% 0%
International Studies 46 +17 37% / 63% 22% $97,414
Near Eastern Studies
Philosophy 7 +5 43% / 57% 29%
Political Science 27 +9 67% / 33% 11% $112,925
Psychology 39 +32 28% / 72% 10%
Romance Languages 1 +18 0% / 100% 0%
Sociology 7 +7 71% / 29% 14%
Writing Seminars 20 +3 20% / 80% 5% $62,857
Film and Media Studies 10 +4 30% / 70% 0%
History of Art 4 +1 25% / 75% 25%

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, Computing & Math

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
AI Hype Riders & Lab Rats
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
Particle Accelerators
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Equation Elegance
p < 0.05 Statistics
Biostat & Polling Heavyweights
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
Half-CS, Half-EE, Full Depression Computer Engineering
What's a Solder?
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
Making Spreadsheets Go Brrrr Industrial & Systems Engineering
The Quants
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

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
Darwin's Favorites
Breaking Bad Chemistry
Pre-Med Darwinian Thunderdome
X-Ray Vision Required Clinical Diagnostics
Imaging Innovators
Rocks and Whales Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Core Samplers
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Ecosystem Engineers
Behind Every Doctor Health Services
Hospital VIPs
Memorizing 206 Bones Human Biology
The Cadaver Club
Where Diagnoses Begin Laboratory Sciences
Pipette Pioneers
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
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

Professional Yapping Communication & Journalism
Too Prestigious for an Undergraduate PR Degree
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
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group Philosophy & Ethics
The Questioners
I Want To Understand Myself Psychology
Synapse Snobs
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