Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
6.1%
3,072 admitted
SAT · 50th
1550
Range 1530–1565
6-yr grad
93.4%
Retention 97.8%
Undergrads
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9:1 S-F
Admissions
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6.1%
3,072 admitted
from 50,259 apps
Applications50,259
Overall admit rate6.1%
Enrolled1,378 · 44.9% yield
Admitted from waitlist247 of 2,058
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Class rank, Recs, Rigor of HS record, Test scores
Important factorsCharacter, Talent, Volunteering
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1550
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1530–1565 · 57.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W750760780
Math780790800
Comp153015501565
ACT
255075
Comp353535
Cost & aid
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$68,670
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$68,670
Fees$500
Room & board$21,967
Books$1,377
Avg need-based grant$69,291
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$28,217
Academics
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9 : 1
student-faculty ratio
97.8% retention
Student-faculty9 : 1
Retention97.8%
4-year graduation87.1%
6-year graduation93.4%
Enrollment
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undergraduates
86.0% out-of-state · 188 intl freshmen
First-year1,389
Full-time89%
Female56%
Out-of-state86.0%
International (freshmen)188
Rankings
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#1
U.S. News & World Report
Best Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Biomedical (Doctorate)
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Biomedical (Doctorate)#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Specialties: Biocomputing/Bioinformatics/Biotechnology#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#726
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#826
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#1226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Doctorate)#1326
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#1626
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceCentennial Conference8
Athletic divisionOther3
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingMaryland colleges11
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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$70
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/3 → 4/1 → 5/1
Rolling admissionsYes
Early decision11/1 → 12/11 · binding
Early decision 21/3
Deferred admissionAllowed
Admissions emailgotojhu@jhu.edu
Admissions phone516-8171
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Massachusetts Inst…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA · Private (nonprofit)4.6%15504K
Duke University NC · Private (nonprofit)5.2%15506K
University of Pennsylvania PA · Private (nonprofit)4.9%—10K
Cornell University NY · Private (nonprofit)8.4%153016K
Northwestern University IL · Private (nonprofit)7.7%15409K
Columbia University NY · Private (nonprofit)3.9%15409K
Carnegie Mellon University PA · Private (nonprofit)11.1%15407K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Johns Hopkins University

5 years of Johns Hopkins University's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.