by our College Data Analytics Team
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Johns Hopkins University was awarded 461 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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College Factual ranked Johns Hopkins as #23 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation!
Johns Hopkins also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in Maryland ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 8%, Johns Hopkins is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Johns Hopkins it is much better at 6 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Johns Hopkins University is 97%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Johns Hopkins University has a freshmen retention rate of 96%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Johns Hopkins the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 87%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Johns Hopkins University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,331 undergraduates at Johns Hopkins with 5,766 being full-time and 565 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,084 | $4,859 | $8,457 | $18,951 | $40,792 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Johns Hopkins, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Johns Hopkins, approximately 12% of students took out student loans averaging $9,874 a year. That adds up to $39,496 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Johns Hopkins is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
See which majors at Johns Hopkins University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Johns Hopkins University.
Contact details for Johns Hopkins are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218-2688 |
| Phone: | 410-516-8000 |
| Website: | www.jhu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/johnshopkinsuniversity |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/JohnsHopkins |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences | 164 | $21,367 |
| Computer Information Systems | 156 | $105,950 |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 143 | $24,801 |
| Public Health | 130 | $29,342 |
| Economics | 116 | $69,157 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 114 | $35,386 |
| Other Education | 114 | NA |
| International Relations & National Security | 104 | $57,526 |
| Mathematics | 100 | $70,019 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 81 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 25,707 students took at least one online class at Johns Hopkins University. This is an increase from the 25,479 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 25,707 | 14,847 |
| 2019-2020 | 25,479 | 19,989 |
| 2018-2019 | 12,506 | 9,569 |
| 2017-2018 | 11,243 | 8,722 |
| 2016-2017 | 9,822 | 6,842 |
Learn more about online learning at Johns Hopkins University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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