Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University is a private school founded in 1876. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,090 (Fall 2023) and a 140-acre campus located in an urban area. The university utilizes a 4-1-4 based academic calendar. Johns Hopkins is ranked #6 nationally in the 2025 edition of Best Colleges. Its tuition and fees are $65,230.

Johns Hopkins University is organized into nine colleges, five of which serve undergraduate students. Homewood Campus, one of the university's four campuses in and around Baltimore, is the primary campus for undergraduates. Freshmen and sophomores are required to live on campus. More than 1,300 students participate in Greek societies. Hopkins also has schools of advanced international studies in Washington, D.C., Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China. Graduate programs at Hopkins include the top-ranked Bloomberg School of Public Health, the highly ranked School of Education, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Medicine, and the highly acclaimed Peabody Conservatory of Music and Dance. Johns Hopkins Hospital is a top-ranked hospital with first-rate specialties.