Johns Hopkins University — All Rankings Are Wrong

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Basic Information

Type Private

Geographical Reach National

Location Baltimore, MD

Population 2,200,000

Website http://www.jhu.edu/

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 14.3%

Racial/Ethnic

Asian 29%

Hispanic 19%

White 19%

International 15%

Black 8%

Mixed 7%

Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Peabody Institute	85	60% / 40%	38%	$29,711	1	92%
Recording Arts and Sciences	— +1	—	—	$59,093	21	94%
Composition	3 —	33% / 67%	67%	$28,061	1	92%
Dance	5 —	60% / 40%	0%	$56,114	14	—
Music Performance	60 —	62% / 38%	28%	$28,061	1	92%
Music for New Media	17 —	59% / 41%	76%	$28,061	1	92%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Whiting School of Engineering	434	53% / 47%	18%	$134,023	99	95%
Biomedical Engineering	115 —	36% / 64%	17%	$113,357	97	95%
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	63 +2	48% / 52%	22%	$106,492	95	88%
Civil Engineering	6 —	83% / 17%	0%	$99,166	91	—
Computer Engineering	9 +4	56% / 44%	11%	$132,967	99	—
Electrical Engineering	17 +3	76% / 24%	29%	$120,077	98	95%
Engineering Mechanics	3 —	67% / 33%	0%	$124,348	99	—
Environmental Engineering	5 —	40% / 60%	0%	$117,821	98	95%
General Engineering	3 —	67% / 33%	0%	$115,331	97	—
Materials Science and Engineering	13 +1	69% / 31%	0%	$97,254	90	—
Mechanical Engineering	47 —	66% / 34%	13%	$113,392	97	98%
Systems Engineering	2 —	0% / 100%	0%	$140,250	92	—
Computer Science	146 +47	60% / 40%	22%	$175,650	100	97%
Applied Mathematics and Statistics	5 +12	80% / 20%	40%	$152,190	100	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences	874	36% / 64%	12%	$80,440	74	89%
Chemistry	30 +2	50% / 50%	7%	$92,823	87	—
Earth and Planetary Sciences	3 +1	67% / 33%	0%	$68,522	48	—
Mathematics	43 +31	58% / 42%	35%	$132,969	99	96%
Physics	18 +5	61% / 39%	28%	$96,211	89	—
Behavioral Biology	120 +13	32% / 68%	13%	$67,857	46	78%
Biology	20 +4	25% / 75%	5%	$68,494	48	—
Biophysics	14 +3	71% / 29%	14%	$77,010	68	89%
Human Biology	22 +14	9% / 91%	0%	$27,702	1	90%
Molecular and Cellular Biology	169 +14	40% / 60%	11%	$63,677	34	89%
Environmental Science	12 —	50% / 50%	25%	$62,134	29	—
Environmental Studies	1 +1	100% / 0%	0%	$62,017	29	—
Natural Sciences	11 +24	45% / 55%	0%	$62,668	31	—
Public Health Studies	136 +40	18% / 82%	7%	$85,455	80	97%
Economics	64 +35	56% / 44%	23%	$139,531	99	92%
Anthropology	4 +4	25% / 75%	0%	$69,376	51	—
Archaeology	3 +1	67% / 33%	33%	$73,302	60	—
Behavioral Sciences	12 +7	42% / 58%	0%	$67,275	45	—
Classics	2 +5	0% / 100%	0%	$78,118	70	—
Cognitive Science	21 +19	14% / 86%	5%	$59,258	21	100%
East Asian Studies	1 +7	0% / 100%	0%	$65,123	38	—
English	5 +4	40% / 60%	0%	$61,184	27	—
French	— +3	—	—	$77,532	69	—
General Education	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	—	—	—
History	7 +5	57% / 43%	0%	$78,280	70	—
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology	3 +1	67% / 33%	0%	$77,931	70	—
International Studies	49 +15	39% / 61%	20%	$87,491	82	82%
Near Eastern Studies	1 +2	100% / 0%	0%	$64,675	37	—
Philosophy	1 +10	100% / 0%	0%	$71,349	56	—
Political Science	23 +9	61% / 39%	4%	$104,234	94	90%
Psychology	47 +26	11% / 89%	4%	$68,207	47	85%
Romance Languages	— +25	—	—	$77,637	69	—
Sociology	3 +12	0% / 100%	33%	$68,375	48	—
Writing Seminars	22 +7	23% / 77%	5%	$60,151	24	86%
Film and Media Studies	3 +3	67% / 33%	33%	$59,093	21	94%
History of Art	3 +1	33% / 67%	0%	$61,409	27	—

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%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White International

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

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/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Life & Natural Sciences	24.8%	345	35% / 65%	11%	$63,657	34	85%
Engineering	20.3%	283	49% / 51%	16%	$112,228	97	94%
Humanities & Social Sciences	14.7%	205	31% / 69%	8%	$75,553	65	87%
Computer Science	10.5%	146	60% / 40%	22%	$175,650	100	97%
Health Sciences	9.8%	136	18% / 82%	7%	$85,455	80	97%
Physical Sciences & Math	7.1%	99	58% / 42%	24%	$113,138	97	96%
Arts	6.5%	91	59% / 41%	36%	$31,725	1	92%
Business & Economics	4.6%	64	56% / 44%	23%	$139,531	99	92%
Agriculture & Food Science	1.7%	24	50% / 50%	12%	$62,374	30	—

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.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 6%

Yield (Unbound) 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%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required

Submitted Test Scores 77%

SAT Range 1530 – 1560

SAT Math Range 780 – 800

SAT RW Range 750 – 780

SAT Composite

25th 75th

SAT Math

25th 75th

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.