Johns Hopkins University rankings placed it among the top-tier universities across the globe. The university is ranked 28th in QS World University Rankings 2024 while occupying the 15th position in THE World University Rankings 2024. ARWU and CWUR both have placed Johns Hopkins University at #16 in their global rankings.

John's Hopkins University enjoys the national reputation of being one of the top 10 institutions. A number of its academic courses rank below #10 in global ranking lists, including Biomedical Engineering , Life Sciences, and Medicine. The US News ranks around 10 programs of Johns Hopkins University among the top 10 courses in its current rankings.

Johns Hopkins University World Ranking Trends

Here’s how Johns Hopkins University rankings in the world have evolved over the past couple of years. The below shows world ranking trends of JHU for 5 years till 2024:

Johns Hopkins University World Ranking Trends

Ranking Body 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
QS World University Rankings #28 #24 #25 #25 #24
US News and World Report Best Global Universities #10
CWUR #16 #16 #15 #18
THE World University Rankings #15 #15 #13 #12 #12
ARWU (Shanghai Rankings) #16 #14 #16

Johns Hopkins University Engineering Rankings

Johns Hopkins University’s QS rankings stands tall at #66 and #94 for Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, respectively. It occupies the 33rd position in the current THE World University Rankings for Engineering and Technology. Check out more Johns Hopkins University engineering program rankings in the table below:

Johns Hopkins University Engineering Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

QS World Subject Rankings

Mechanical Engineering #94 #88 #84
Civil and Structural Engineering #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Chemical Engineering #66 #69 #76
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #110 #97 #122
Engineering and Technology #124 #142 #123

ARWU (Shanghai Rankings)

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology #151-200 #101-150 #101-150
Biotechnology #26 #12 #15
Metallurgical Engineering #51-75 #51-75 #51-75
Automation and Control #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Food Science and Technology #201-300
Biomedical Engineering #9 #9 #9
Environmental Science and Technology #39 #32 #31
Materials Science and Technology #151-200 #101-150 #101-150
Mechanical Engineering #301-400 #101-150 #101-150
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #30 #40 #51-75
THE World University Rankings Engineering and Technology #37 #33 #39 #41

John's Hopkins University Computer Science Rankings

THE World University Rankings have recently placed Johns Hopkins University among the top 30 global institutions for Computer Science. Here are Johns Hopkins University computer science rankings of the last 4 years:

Johns Hopkins University Computer Science Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings Computer Science and Information Systems #72 #84 #87
THE World University Rankings Computer Science #27 #28 #28 #27
ARWU (Shanghai Rankings) Computer Science and Engineering #51-75 #51-75 #51-75

Johns Hopkins University Natural Science Rankings

Johns Hopkins University has now ranked up to #15 in QS World Subject Rankings for Biological Sciences. It is also one of the top 10 global universities catering to academic programs in Life Sciences. Similar courses and their corresponding ranking trends are demonstrated as follows:

Johns Hopkins University Natural Science Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

ARWU (Shanghai Rankings)

Earth Sciences #51-75 #51-75 #45
Physics #33 #36 #36
Atmospheric Sciences #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Ecology #301-400 #301-400
Geography #201-300 #101-150 #101-150
Chemistry #76-100 #51-75 #51-75
Mathematics #101-150 #101-150 #101-150

QS World Subject Rankings

Biological Sciences #15 #19 #24
Chemistry #56 #55 #58
Mathematics #71 #57 #74
Earth and Marine Sciences #51-100 #51-100 #101-150
Psychology #45 #67 #66
Physics and Astronomy #50 #52 #59
Natural Science #67 #89 #85
Environmental Sciences #60 #64 #91
Geography #51-100 #51-100 #51-100
Materials Sciences #101-150 #101-150 #101-150

THE World University Rankings

Physical Sciences #31 #31 #32 #35
Psychology #20 #23 #28 #45
Life Sciences #8 #10 #10 #9

Johns Hopkins University Business Rankings

The following table and infographics demonstrate how Johns Hopkins University business rankings have evolved over the years:

Johns Hopkins University Business Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

QS World Subject Rankings

Accounting and Finance #101-150 #151-200 #201-250
Economics and Econometrics #74 #77 #96
Business and Management Studies #201-250 #251-300 #251-300

ARWU (Shanghai Rankings)

Management #151-200 #151-200 #201-300
Economics #43 #38 #48
Finance #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
THE World University Rankings Business and Economics #72 #70 #53 #69

Johns Hopkins University Medical Science Rankings

As per the reports of QS World Subject Rankings, Johns Hopkins University is globally the third-best university for studying nursing. At the same time, THE World University Rankings features it at #6 for Clinical, pre-clinical, and health.

Johns Hopkins University Medical Science Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

QS World Subject Rankings

Medicine #4 #5 #5
Pharmacy and Pharmacology #5 #8 #9
Nursing #3 #3 #3

ARWU (Shanghai Rankings)

Public Health #2 #2 #2
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences #17 #10 #16
Clinical Medicine #8 #5 #5
Medical Technology #3 #2 #3
Dentistry and Oral Sciences #151-200 #101-150 #151-200
Nursing #5 #3 #3
THE World University Rankings Clinical, pre-clinical, and health #6 #11 #9 #8

Johns Hopkins University Humanities Rankings

Johns Hopkins University caters to a wide variety of courses across the humanities stream, and here are their corresponding ranking trends:

Johns Hopkins University Humanities Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

ARWU (Shanghai Rankings)

Education #30 #43 #41
Sociology #76-100 #47 #51-75
Political Sciences #39 #46 #51-75
Public Administration #76-100 #76-100 #76-100
Law #51-75 #51-75 #51-75

QS World Subject Rankings

Communication and Media Studies #101-150 #151-200 #151-200
Modern Languages #101-150 #94 #101-150
Arts and Humanities #100 #98 #89
Linguistics #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Politics #37 #33 #32
Philosophy #51-100 #51-100 #51-100
Social Sciences and Management #109 #138 #147
Performing Arts #101-120
Education and Training #22 #20 #18
Social Policy and Administration #40 #27 #9
English Language and Literature #71 #73 #72
Sociology #50 #52 #85
History #26 #21 #21

THE World University Rankings

Social Sciences #18 #23 #29 #32
Arts and Humanities #41 #45 #41 #41
Education #30 #43 #52 #34

US News Subject Rankings:

The US News features Johns Hopkins University among the top 5 institutions for studying Clinical Medicine, Oncology, and Surgery. Here’s how the US News has ranked more academic courses offered at Johns Hopkins University:

Subject Rankings 2023-24
Arts and Humanities #71
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #128
Ecology #261
Clinical Medicine #2
Engineering #142
Endocrinology and Metabolism #17
Economics and business #137
Computer Science #58
Chemistry #143
Social Sciences and Public Health #3
Infectious Diseases #3
Space Science #23
Mathematics #87
Geosciences #148
Optics #141
Molecular Biology and Genetics #7
Psychology #27
Neuroscience and Behavior #5
Physics #109
Physical Chemistry #238
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology #7
Oncology #2
Cell Biology #10
Surgery #2
Biology and Biochemistry #10
Immunology #3

John's Hopkins University Miscellaneous Rankings:

The following table demonstrates how various ranking agencies assess and rank Johns Hopkins University, based on various parameters:

Ranking Body Parameter Ranking 2023-24
QS WUR Sustainability Ranking #259

THE World University Rankings

World University Rankings #15
World Reputation Rankings #20

CWUR

National Rank #13
Employability Rank #192
Research Rank #8
Education Rank #24
Faculty Rank #23

Talking of national rankings, the Niche has recently marked Johns Hopkins University as the best US institutions for studying Public Health. It also gets featured at the 11th position in the Forbes list of research universities