Johns Hopkins University
Private Research University in Baltimore, MD. Six-year graduation rate 94%. Median 10-year earnings $87,555.
Students who entered Johns Hopkins University reach a median of $87,555 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. 94% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,250 — modest by four-year standards. It also moves people — 2.2% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.12 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 94% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Admit rate 6% — heavily selective, limited transfer slots
Admissions
This is a highly selective admit: 6% of applicants receive an offer. The applicant pool is large — 45,895 in the most recent cycle — so the published rate reflects genuine competition rather than a small-sample quirk. A 47% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through. Score ranges below describe the middle half of score submitters among enrolled first-years; students who applied test-optional are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 740–770 | 691 (50%) |
| SAT Math | 780–800 | |
| ACT Composite | 34–36 | 254 (18%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 94% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 98% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 6:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate population is 6,090 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,618 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $26,017 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $428 at the $0–30k band to $37,774 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 75% of students at an average of $50,356. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 10% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,418 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $428 |
| $30–48k | $-213 |
| $48–75k | $4,179 |
| $75–110k | $14,591 |
| $110k+ | $37,774 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 567 of these 5,618 students, totalling $3,229,062 — an average of $5,695 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Baltimore City) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)