Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland · Private, nonprofit

Of 87 assessed programs, 84 leave graduates out-earning a typical Maryland high-school graduate (about $37,571/yr) and 3 fall short. Another 196 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$428
$30k to $48k	$-213
$48k to $75k	$4,179
$75k to $110k	$14,591
$110k and up	$37,774
All families (average)	$18,809

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

87 of 283 programs could be assessed 31% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Maryland high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Public Health	Master's Degree	$99,605	+$62,034	clears the bar	$65,952	1.1 yrs	752
Education	Master's Degree	$73,350	+$35,779	clears the bar	$40,412	1.1 yrs	622
International Relations	Master's Degree	$114,716	+$77,145	clears the bar	$51,455	0.7 yrs	597
Biotechnology	Master's Degree	$123,994	+$86,423	clears the bar	$41,000	0.5 yrs	425
Public Health	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$95,664	+$58,093	clears the bar	$51,954	0.9 yrs	392
Business	Master's Degree	$158,699	+$121,128	clears the bar	$61,449	0.5 yrs	371
Nursing	Master's Degree	$111,325	+$73,754	clears the bar	$106,371	1.4 yrs	321
Economics	Master's Degree	$138,425	+$100,854	clears the bar	$35,445	0.4 yrs	310
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	$176,945	+$139,374	clears the bar	$26,126	0.2 yrs	296
Healthcare Administration	Master's Degree	$118,011	+$80,440	clears the bar	$55,801	0.7 yrs	248
Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree	$115,950	+$78,379	clears the bar	$32,108	0.4 yrs	222
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$56,543	+$18,972	clears the bar	$10,750	0.6 yrs	172
Healthcare Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$101,356	+$63,785	clears the bar	$40,317	0.6 yrs	152
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$196,467	+$158,896	clears the bar	$12,750	0.1 yrs	151
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	$148,887	+$111,316	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	151
Systems Engineering	Master's Degree	$154,775	+$117,204	clears the bar	$20,500	0.2 yrs	145
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	$107,409	+$69,838	clears the bar	$39,737	0.6 yrs	144
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$79,113	+$41,542	clears the bar	$12,750	0.3 yrs	143
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$134,785	+$97,214	clears the bar	$10,859	0.1 yrs	135
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$128,882	+$91,311	clears the bar	$12,250	0.1 yrs	132
Medicine	First Professional Degree	$98,978	+$61,407	clears the bar	$109,070	1.8 yrs	129
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	$56,324	+$18,753	clears the bar	$12,750	0.7 yrs	128
Applied Mathematics	Master's Degree	$144,429	+$106,858	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	126
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	$132,861	+$95,290	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	124
Nursing	First Professional Degree	$152,014	+$114,443	clears the bar	$62,950	0.6 yrs	111
Political Science	Master's Degree	$118,381	+$80,810	clears the bar	$41,000	0.5 yrs	108
Museology/Museum Studies	Master's Degree	$61,632	+$24,061	clears the bar	$41,000	1.7 yrs	105
Music	Master's Degree	$51,713	+$14,142	clears the bar	$57,528	4.1 yrs	101
Biomedical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$114,673	+$77,102	clears the bar	$11,207	0.1 yrs	100
Research Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$49,035 1-year earnings	+$11,464	clears the bar	$14,507	1.3 yrs	100
Physical Sciences, Other	Master's Degree	$80,494	+$42,923	clears the bar	$37,837	0.9 yrs	93
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	Master's Degree	$165,562	+$127,991	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	91
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Master's Degree	$75,157	+$37,586	clears the bar	$59,466	1.6 yrs	91
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	$79,084	+$41,513	clears the bar	$33,763	0.8 yrs	88
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$29,849	-$7,722	falls short	$22,440	insufficient data	84
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	$143,984	+$106,413	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	81
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	$99,205	+$61,634	clears the bar	$12,000	0.2 yrs	78
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Master's Degree	$66,778	+$29,207	clears the bar	$59,000	2.0 yrs	75
Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$94,671	+$57,100	clears the bar	$14,559	0.3 yrs	73
International Relations	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$77,954	+$40,383	clears the bar	$20,500	0.5 yrs	69
IT Administration and Management	Master's Degree	$148,833	+$111,262	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	66
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$152,108	+$114,537	clears the bar	$38,612	0.3 yrs	59
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Master's Degree	$70,651	+$33,080	clears the bar	$37,801	1.1 yrs	58
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	Master's Degree	$107,019	+$69,448	clears the bar	$21,333	0.3 yrs	54
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$110,210	+$72,639	clears the bar	$10,750	0.1 yrs	51
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Master's Degree	$106,149	+$68,578	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	50
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$142,460	+$104,889	clears the bar	$20,500	0.2 yrs	49
Finance	Master's Degree	$152,415	+$114,844	clears the bar	$50,975	0.4 yrs	48
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$121,729	+$84,158	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	44
Educational Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$95,645	+$58,074	clears the bar	$20,831	0.4 yrs	42
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$122,517	+$84,946	clears the bar	$39,301	0.5 yrs	39
Public Health	Doctoral Degree	$114,631	+$77,060	clears the bar	$58,350	0.8 yrs	37
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Doctoral Degree	$108,169	+$70,598	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
Information Science	Master's Degree	$123,217	+$85,646	clears the bar	$31,625	0.4 yrs	35
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$91,158	+$53,587	clears the bar	$63,326	1.2 yrs	34
Social Sciences	Master's Degree	$128,590	+$91,019	clears the bar	$41,000	0.5 yrs	34
Cognitive Science	Bachelor's Degree	$42,602 1-year earnings	+$5,031	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	33
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$63,503	+$25,932	clears the bar	$13,728	0.5 yrs	29
Human Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$19,916 1-year earnings	-$17,655	falls short	$12,138	insufficient data	28
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$111,986	+$74,415	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Real Estate	Master's Degree	$166,291	+$128,720	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Biology	Doctoral Degree	$176,414	+$138,843	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Education, Other	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$306,793	+$269,222	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	$119,378	+$81,807	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Doctoral Degree	$84,844	+$47,273	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Special Education	Master's Degree	$64,658	+$27,087	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Biology	Master's Degree	$243,863	+$206,292	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	$71,213	+$33,642	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Geography and Cartography	Master's Degree	$75,503 1-year earnings	+$37,932	clears the bar	$60,899	1.6 yrs	21
Education, Other	Master's Degree	$303,202	+$265,631	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Healthcare Administration	Doctoral Degree	$168,121	+$130,550	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$62,858	+$25,287	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Doctoral Degree	$117,823	+$80,252	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Information Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$66,760 1-year earnings	+$29,189	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$67,401	+$29,830	clears the bar	$41,000	1.4 yrs	8
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$96,711	+$59,140	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Public Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$74,213	+$36,642	clears the bar	$50,822	1.4 yrs	5
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$63,385	+$25,814	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research	Doctoral Degree	$110,599	+$73,028	clears the bar	$61,515	0.8 yrs	0
Political Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$114,020	+$76,449	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$147,384	+$109,813	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Educational Administration	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	$94,722	+$57,151	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$79,127	+$41,556	clears the bar	$13,750	0.3 yrs	insufficient data
Public Policy Analysis	Master's Degree	$107,692	+$70,121	clears the bar	$32,114	0.5 yrs	insufficient data
Music	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	$35,623	-$1,948	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Healthcare Administration	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	$110,699	+$73,128	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Public Health	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	$93,536	+$55,965	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Management Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	660
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	89
Education	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	61
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	59
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	49
Biomedical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	48
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	48
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	42
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	39
Computer and Information Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	33
Natural Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	33
Chemical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	30
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	30
Teacher Education (by level)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$12,366	insufficient data	27
Electrical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Materials Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Chemical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Materials Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Teacher Education (by subject)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Genetics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Applied Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
History	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Historic Preservation and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Behavioral Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$12,375	insufficient data	19
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Mechanical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Systems Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Physics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Materials Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Music	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Music	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Genetics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Sustainability Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Philosophy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Business Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
International Relations	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Dance	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Mathematics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Museology/Museum Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Health Sciences	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Marketing	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Pharmacology and Toxicology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($37,571/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.