University

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Verified · last verified 2026-09-02

University overview

Johns Hopkins University is a private research university located in Baltimore, Maryland, established in 1876 and described as America's first research university. Undergraduates in the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering live and study at the Homewood campus in Baltimore City. The university's other divisions include the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and Bloomberg School of Public Health (East Baltimore campus); the Peabody Institute (Mt. Vernon); the Carey Business School (Harbor East); the School of Education (Charles Village); the Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, Maryland); and the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), which has campuses in Washington, D.C., Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China.

Institution type

Private, nonprofit

Campus setting

Urban

Cost of attendance

Not available (2024–2025)

Undergraduate enrollment

5,693

Application platforms

Common App, Coalition App

Current application deadlines

Early decision · 2026–2027
2026-11-01
Regular decision · 2026–2027
2027-01-02
Early decision II · 2026–2027
2027-01-02

Majors

Anthropology · Social Sciences
Applied Mathematics · Mathematics and Statistics
Archeology · Social Sciences
Area Studies · Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians · Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services

55 more majors are available with a free account.

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