Johns Hopkins University is a highly competitive school and its admissions statistics make Johns Hopkins University one of the 50 most competitive schools for undergraduate admissions globally. Similar to the trends across all top schools, Johns Hopkins University acceptance rates have continued to decline over the past 8 years and will almost certainly continue to do so into the future.
The Class of 2020 was the single most challenging year to be admitted to Johns Hopkins University ever to date. For the Class of 2020, 27,095 students applied to Johns Hopkins University of which 2,539 students were accepted, yielding an overall acceptance rate of 9.4%. Overall applications increased by 9.6% over last year (2019 to 2020) from 24,717 to 27,095.
For the Class of 2020, 584 students were admitted through the early admissions process. Total early applications totaled 1,929, yielding an early acceptance rate of 30.3%. Early applications increased by 3.4% over last year (2019 to 2020) from 1,865 to 1,929.