Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland · Private · 5,693 undergraduates · jhu.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test required
Send an SAT or ACT score
Admit rate
6.1%
of 50,259 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1530 to 1565
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$98,660Est.Estimate
before aid
Your chances and merit aid at Johns Hopkins University
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
6.1% of applicants admitted
Reach
It admits only 6.1% of applicants, so it's a reach for everyone.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$98,660
a year in 2027-28, from a $98,660 sticker price
What to do with your 1550
Send your score
This college requires an SAT or ACT score.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test required
You must send an SAT or ACT score.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
- You can type your scores into the application; official reports come later.
Source: Standardized Testing | Johns Hopkins University Admissions · Checked October 16, 2026
Application deadlines
- Nov1Early Decision · November 1, 2026Binding: if admitted, you commit to enroll.
- Jan2Early Decision II · January 2, 2027A second binding round, after Early Decision.
- Jan2Regular Decision · January 2, 2027The standard deadline.
Who gets in
6.1%
of applicants were admitted: 3,072 of 50,259 for fall 2025.
Early Decision
Binding. 11% of early applicants were admitted.
Wait list
2,058 students were offered a spot; 247 were later admitted.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 57% of them sent SAT scores and 20% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1530 to 1565
Reading and Writing 750 to 780
Math 780 to 800
ACT composite 35 to 35
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160099%
- 1200 to 13990.5%
- 1000 to 11990%
- 800 to 9990.1%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.93
- 4.066%
- 3.75 to 3.9925%
- 3.50 to 3.745.5%
- 3.25 to 3.492%
- 3.00 to 3.240.8%
- 2.50 to 2.990.2%
- Below 2.500%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$98,660
a year
- Tuition$71,420
- Fees$520
- Food and housing$22,850
- Books and supplies$1,430
- Transportation and other$2,440
Johns Hopkins University published $94,858 for 2026-27. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24, by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$1,772
- $30,001 to $48,000$2,136
- $48,001 to $75,000$4,014
- $75,001 to $110,000$12,170
- Over $110,000$43,081
Financial aid
100%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$69,291
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
4.1%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $32,669 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Required. It's a second, more detailed aid form some colleges use for their own grants.
- Aid priority date: January 15th
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
- Aid deadline: January 15th
- The last day to send aid forms.
- Also asks for
- checked, not specified
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
11 of 11
Earn credit with a score of 3
1 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $7,140Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 5 | 6 | AS.020.151 & AS.020.152 |
| Calculus AB | 5 | 4 | AS.110.108 |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 4 | AS.110.108 |
| Calculus BC | 5 | 8 | AS.110.108 and AS.110.109 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4 | AS.030.101 and lab AS.030.105 |
| Chemistry | 5 | 8 | 030.101 & 102, 030.105 & 106 |
| Computer Science A | 5 | 3 | EN.500.112 |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 4 | TR.270.100 |
| Macroeconomics | 5 | 3 | AS.180.101 |
| Microeconomics | 5 | 3 | AS.180.102 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | 4 | AS.171.102 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | 4 | AS.171.101 |
| Statistics | 4 | 4 | EN.553.111 |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
93%
Come back for a second year
98%
Typical earnings
$104,590
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Johns Hopkins University$83,003
- All colleges$62,710
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 16 majors here have earnings data.
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