Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University, also known as Hopkins or JHU, was established in 1876.

The university was named after Baltimore merchant Johns Hopkins, whose $7 million bequest was the largest philanthropic gift up to that time. His bequest was used to establish both the university and The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

JHU was the first university in the Western Hemisphere based on the European research institution. This model greatly influenced U.S. higher education.

The university has an enrollment today of more than 20,000 full-time and part-time students on three major campuses. The main campus, known as Homewood, encompasses more than 135 acres in the northern part of Baltimore, Maryland. In addition, the university has campuses in Washington, D.C., and in Montgomery County, MD, as well as facilities throughout the Baltimore-Washington Area and in China and Italy.

The university and the Johns Hopkins Health System, a separate corporation, together constitute the state's largest private employer.

JHU is organized into the following academic divisions:

• Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
• Carey Business School
• Whiting School of Engineering
• Peabody Institute
• School of Education
• School of Medicine
• Bloomberg School of Public Health
• School of Nursing
• Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Among the research findings at Johns Hopkins have been the first functional images of artists' brains to study the neurological underpinnings of creativity and spontaneity and the discovery that SSRI antidepressants rewire areas of the brain important to the autonomic nervous system as well as for thinking and feeling.

As of 2008, Johns Hopkins ranked first among U.S. universities in receipt of federal research and development funds. The university was 14th in U.S. News & World Report's Best National Universities in 2009; 14 in undergraduate engineering programs in schools offering a Ph.D., and number one in biomedical engineering.

Also in 2008, the School of Medicine ranked first among medical schools in receipt of extramural awards from the National Institutes of Health.

JHU has an active Greek Life, with more than ten fraternities and approximately eight sororities. The on-campus Greek organizations include Sigma Chi, Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sigma Omicron Pi, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Lambda Phi Epsilon.

JHU's athletic teams are called the Blue Jays.

Notable alumni of Johns Hopkins include Woodrow Wilson, 28th U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize winner; William Foxwell Albright, renowned Semitics scholar and Dead Sea Scrolls authenticator; Virginia Agpar, M.D., who developed the Agpar score to assess the health of newborns; Russell Baker, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist; Wolf Blitzer, journalist and CNN anchor; Michael Bloomberg, New York City Mayor; Rachel Carson, biologist-author; Denton Cooley, cardiac surgeon, developed first successful heart transplant in the nation; Kweisi Mfume, former president, NAACP; James McPherson, historian, author; concert pianists Andre Watts and Awadagin Pratt; and Antonia Novello, former U.S. Surgeon General.

Highlights

Where the school stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

• Many students concentrating in music, computer science and engineering, engineering, medicine, mathematics, and science.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Large number of students.
• Selective admissions.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.

Other important characteristics:

• Faculty tenure system
• Library on-campus
• Campus housing available
• Study abroad option
• Distance learning available
• Weekend study option
• Part-time classes available
• ROTC
• Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

Students

Student enrollment was 19,682 in 2007-2008 (18,363 full-time equivalent).

About 53% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 47% of the class.

Undergrads are 27% of enrolled students, graduate students are 72%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 2%.

Students living in the US make up 100% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

Financial Aid: Johns Hopkins participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

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Faculty

Tenure (2008-2009):

Housing and Meals

Johns Hopkins provides on-campus housing for 3,133 of its 18,363 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Centennial Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 23 male students received the aid (men were 56% of those receiving aid) and 18 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 44% of students receiving such aid) .

Admissions (2008-2009)

SAT Test Scores: