Is Johns Hopkins test optional?

No. Johns Hopkins requires an SAT or ACT score from every applicant.

What is Johns Hopkins's acceptance rate?

6.4% of applicants were admitted in 2025–26, according to the college's Common Data Set or, where that's missing, IPEDS, the federal college survey. In fall 2024, 2,954 of 45,895 applicants were admitted. Applications rose 80%, from 25,474 in 2015 to 45,895 in 2024, and Johns Hopkins's admit rate went from 14% to 6.4%.

What ACT score do you need for Johns Hopkins?

20% of first-year students sent an ACT, and they scored 35–35, with a median of 35. On the official ACT–SAT concordance, their SAT range of 1530–1565 works out to about 35–36.

What GPA do you need for Johns Hopkins?

There's no published cutoff. First-year students averaged a 3.93 high school GPA, and 100% of those who reported a class rank were in their top 10%, per the Common Data Set 2025–26. Colleges compute GPA differently, so compare it loosely.

Does applying early decision help at Johns Hopkins?

11% of early decision applicants were admitted (835 of 7,639), against 6.4% of all applicants. Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the real edge is smaller than the gap.

How many students get off the waitlist at Johns Hopkins?

107 of the 247 students who stayed on the waitlist were admitted, or 43%, per the Common Data Set 2025–26.

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What SAT score do you need for Johns Hopkins? (Middle 50%: 1530–1565)

First-year students at Johns Hopkins who sent an SAT scored 1530–1565, with a median of 1550 (Common Data Set 2025–26). Johns Hopkins admits 6.4% of applicants and requires the SAT or ACT.

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Where your score lands at Johns Hopkins

First-year students who sent an SAT: 1530–1565, median 1550

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Johns Hopkins by the numbers

Admit rate: 6.4%
Middle 50% SAT: 1530–1565
Median SAT: 1550
About on the ACT: 35–36
Sent an SAT: 57%

Test required · checked Nov 9, 2026 · Johns Hopkins admissions · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2025–26; admit rate from it or IPEDS

Johns Hopkins admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 80%, from 25,474 in 2015 to 45,895 in 2024, and Johns Hopkins's admit rate went from 14% to 6.4%.

14%
6.4%

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Fall	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate
2024	45,895	2,954	6.4%
2023	38,926	2,943	7.6%
2022	37,844	2,745	7.3%
2021	39,515	2,972	7.5%
2020	30,115	3,330	11%
2019	31,139	3,477	11%
2018	29,776	3,417	11%
2017	27,156	3,405	13%
2016	27,852	3,576	13%
2015	25,474	3,597	14%

In fall 2024, 1,389 of the 2,954 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Johns Hopkins

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?

Under 1570Far reachRequired
1570 and upReachRequired

135014001450150015501600

Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges.

Johns Hopkins SAT sections, ACT, GPA and class rank

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test	25th	Median	75th
SAT Math	780	790	800
SAT Reading and Writing	750	760	780
SAT total	1530	1550	1565
ACT composite	35	35	35

Of enrolled first-year students, 57% sent an SAT and 20% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2025–26.

Average high school GPA: 3.93; 96% of new students reported one
Top 10% of their class: 100%; of new students who reported a rank

Johns Hopkins early decision and waitlist

Early decision

835 of 7,639 early decision applicants were admitted.

Early decision11%
All applicants6.4%

Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the gap overstates how much applying early helps on its own.

Waitlist

2,058 applicants were offered a spot, 247 took it, and 107 were admitted from it.

43%of students who stayed on the waitlist got in

Common Data Set 2025–26.

Johns Hopkins cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price: $18,809; per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years: 94%
Median earnings: $87,555; 10 years after starting
Undergraduates: 10,005

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

Colleges like Johns Hopkins

Similar SAT ranges and admit rates.

More colleges in Maryland

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Sources

Johns Hopkins Common Data Set 2025–26
SAT and ACT ranges, early decision, waitlist, GPA and class rank, as the college reported them.
College Navigator (IPEDS)
Applications, admissions and enrollment by year, from the federal college survey.
College Scorecard
Net price, graduation rate and earnings, from the US Department of Education.
Johns Hopkins admissions
Test policy for 2026–27, checked Nov 9, 2026.
Johns Hopkins website
Johns Hopkins University

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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 1530–1565, and the median was 1550. At 1550 or higher you're above half of them. Johns Hopkins admits 6.4% of applicants, so a top score keeps you in the running but doesn't decide it.

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