Johns Hopkins University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

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 (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in music, science, computer science and engineering, engineering, medicine, and mathematics.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of students.
• Selective admissions.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 19,758 in 2009-2010 (19,712 full-time equivalent).

About 54% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 46% of the class.

Undergrads are 26% of enrolled students and graduate students are 74%.

Students under 25 years old represent 41% of the student body. About 10% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Johns Hopkins provides on-campus housing for 3,240 of its 19,712 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). 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) .

Graduate School Focus

Johns Hopkins offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (0 awarded)

• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (664 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business/Commerce
• E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Investments and Securities
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Operations Management and Supervision

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (457 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Computer and Information Systems Security
• Information Science/Studies
• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (0 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (803 awarded)

• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Early Childhood Spec Ed Pgms
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities
• Educational Administration and Supervision
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas

ENGINEERING (770 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Archeology
• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Engineering
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Systems Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (0 awarded)

• Engineering Technologies/Technicians

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (107 awarded)

• Public Administration
• Public Policy Analysis

FINE ARTS (17 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LIBERAL ARTS (1,097 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Creative Writing
• East Asian Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• International Relations and Affairs
• Latin Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Museology/Museum Studies
• Near and Middle Eastern Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (109 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (55 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician
• Recording Arts Technology/Technician

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (173 awarded)

• Community Health and Preventive Medicine
• Environmental Health
• Health/Health Care Administration/Management
• International Public Health/International Health
• Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator
• Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
• Public Health Education and Promotion

MEDICINE (684 awarded)

• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Medical Scientist (MS, PhD)
• Medicine (MD)
• Neuroscience
• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
• Public Health

MUSIC (211 awarded)

• Conducting
• Music History, Literature, and Theory
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (330 awarded)

• Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery
• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (70 awarded)

• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (13 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (821 awarded)

• Anatomy
• Animal Genetics
• Animal Physiology
• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Biochemistry
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences
• Biophysics
• Biostatistics
• Biotechnology
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Epidemiology
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
• Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
• Molecular Biology
• Natural Sciences
• Pharmacology
• Physical Sciences
• Physics
• Physiology, Pathology, and Related Sciences

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (234 awarded)

• Behavioral Sciences
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Cognitive Science
• Counseling Psychology
• Developmental and Child Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Genetic Counseling/Counselor
• Maternal and Child Health
• Mental Health Counseling/Counselor
• Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
• Psychology
• School Psychology