Johns Hopkins acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Johns Hopkins admitted 3,072 of 50,259 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 6.1%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Johns Hopkins counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Johns Hopkins acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 50,259 | 3,072 | 6.1% | 1,378 | 44.9% |
| 2024-25 | 45,895 | 2,954 | 6.4% | 1,389 | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38,926 | 2,943 | 7.6% | 1,418 | 48.2% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins waitlist
Johns Hopkins SAT and ACT scores
What Johns Hopkins says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Johns Hopkins rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA, Standardized test scores, Application essay, Recommendations
- Important: Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA, Application essay, Recommendations
- Important: Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA, Application essay, Recommendations
- Important: Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
Johns Hopkins testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-required: Johns Hopkins requires standardized testing. Scores are read in the context of the whole application, and self-reported or official scores are accepted (official scores are required on enrolling).
From Johns Hopkins’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
The 2023-24 C21 leaves the early decision counts blank. C7 rates standardized test scores Considered in 2023-24 and 2024-25 and Very Important in 2025-26.
Johns Hopkins acceptance rate questions
- What is the Johns Hopkins acceptance rate?
- Johns Hopkins's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 50,259 first-year applicants and 3,072 admitted, an acceptance rate of 6.1%. It was 6.4% in 2024-25 and 7.6% in 2023-24.
- What is the Johns Hopkins early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2025-26, 835 of 7,639 early decision applicants were admitted (10.9%), against 6.1% of all applicants. Early decision applicants are a different pool who commit to enroll, so the two rates are not a like-for-like comparison.
- What SAT scores do Johns Hopkins students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1530 to 1565, and ACT submitters scored 35 to 35. 57.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Johns Hopkins waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Johns Hopkins offered 2,058 applicants a place on the waitlist; 1,359 accepted one, and 247 were admitted from it.
- Does Johns Hopkins require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-required: Johns Hopkins requires standardized testing. Scores are read in the context of the whole application, and self-reported or official scores are accepted (official scores are required on enrolling).
Applying to Johns Hopkins?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Johns Hopkins says it weighs.
Source: Johns Hopkins Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Johns Hopkins. All official acceptance rates