Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what Johns Hopkins University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 28,890 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 306 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Johns Hopkins Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at Johns Hopkins

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Johns Hopkins does offer online education options in engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Johns Hopkins Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Johns Hopkins performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Johns Hopkins is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	30
Most Popular Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Popular Engineering Schools	34
Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	43
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	118
Most Focused Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	347

In 2021, 908 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Johns Hopkins. This makes it the #9 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 92 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #34 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Johns Hopkins University.

Johns Hopkins Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 306 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering from Johns Hopkins in 2020-2021, 58% were men and 42% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Johns Hopkins since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	96
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	44
White	73
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	53

Johns Hopkins Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 908 students earned a master's degree in engineering from Johns Hopkins. About 29% of these graduates were women and the other 71% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	112
Black or African American	43
Hispanic or Latino	61
White	396
International Students	231
Other Races/Ethnicities	65

Johns Hopkins also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 92 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Johns Hopkins University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biomedical Engineering	290
Electrical Engineering	217
Systems Engineering	206
Mechanical Engineering	191
Chemical Engineering	136
Environmental Engineering	71
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	52
Civil Engineering	43
Materials Engineering	43
Robotics Engineering	42
Computer Engineering	19
General Engineering	6
Engineering Mechanics	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Communications Technologies & Support
• Engineering Technologies
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Systems Software Developers	15,430	$119,860
Software Applications Developers	12,780	$108,850
Civil Engineers	8,080	$86,110
Mechanical Engineers	5,670	$109,960
Computer Network Architects	5,340	$121,720

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.