Johns Hopkins University rankings placed it among the top-tier universities across the globe. The university is ranked 32th in QS World University Rankings 2024 while occupying the 16th position in THE World University Rankings 2024. ARWU and CWUR both have placed Johns Hopkins University at #18 & 17 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's rankings in the world have evolved over the past couple of years. The below shows world ranking trends of JHU for 5 years till 2025:​

Ranking Body 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
QS World University Ranking #32 #28 #24 #25 #25
US News and World Report Best Global University Ranking #13 #10
CWUR #18 #16 #16 #15
THE World University Rankings #16 #15 #15 #13 #12
ARWU (Shanghai Rankings) #17 #16 #14 #16

Johns Hopkins University Engineering Rankings

Johns Hopkins University’s QS rankings stands tall at #37 and #102 for Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, respectively. It occupies the 37th 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:​

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2025 Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings Mechanical Engineering #102 #119 #94 #88 #84
Civil and Structural Engineering #101-150 #151-200 #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Chemical Engineering #37 #51 #66 #69 #76
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #111 #116 #110 #97 #122
Engineering and Technology #107 #114 #124 #142 #123
ARWU (Shanghai Rankings) Nanoscience and Nanotechnology #151-200 #151-200 #101-150 #101-150
Biotechnology #51-75 #26 #12 #15
Metallurgical Engineering #76-100 #51-75 #51-75 #51-75
Automation and Control #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Food Science and Technology #201-300 #201-300
Biomedical Engineering #22 #9 #9 #9
Environmental Science and Technology #101-150 #39 #32 #31
Materials Science and Technology #201-300 #151-200 #101-150 #101-150
Mechanical Engineering #151-200 #301-400 #101-150 #101-150
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #101-150 #30 #40 #51-75
THE World University Rankings Engineering and Technology #37 #37 #33 #39 #41

John 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:​

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2025 Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings Computer Science and Information Systems #66 #67 #72 #84 #87
THE World University Rankings Computer Science #25 #27 #28 #28 #27
ARWU (Shanghai Rankings) Computer Science and Engineering #101-150 #101-150 #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:​

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2025 Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings Biological Sciences #7 #15 #15 #19 #24
Chemistry #65 #63 #56 #55 #58
Mathematics #63 #63 #71 #57 #74
Earth and Marine Sciences #51-100 #51-100 #51-100 #51-100 #101-150
Psychology #51 #46 #45 #67 #66
Physics and Astronomy #53 #53 #50 #52 #59
Natural Science #79 #76 #67 #89 #85
Environmental Sciences #55 #48 #60 #64 #91
Geography #101-150 #51-100 #51-100 #51-100 #51-100
Materials Sciences #100 #101-150 #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
THE World University Rankings Physical Sciences #33 #31 #31 #32 #35
Psychology #20 #20 #23 #28 #45
Life Sciences #9 #8 #10 #10 #9
ARWU (Shanghai Rankings) Earth Sciences #51-75 #51-75 #51-75 #45
Physics #19 #33 #36 #36
Atmospheric Sciences #101-150 #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Ecology #401-500 #301-400 #301-400
Geography #151-200 #201-300 #101-150 #101-150
Chemistry #51-75 #76-100 #51-75 #51-75
Mathematics #76-100 #101-150 #101-150 #101-150

Johns Hopkins University Business Rankings

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

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2025 Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings Accounting and Finance #101-150 #101-150 #101-150 #151-200 #201-250
Economics and Econometrics #64 #76 #74 #77 #96
Business and Management Studies #201-250 #251-300 #201-250 #251-300 #251-300
ARWU (Shanghai Rankings) Management #151-200 #151-200 #151-200 #201-300
Economics #76 #43 #38 #48
Finance #51-75 #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
THE World University Rankings Business and Economics #67 #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 #5 for Clinical, pre-clinical, and health.​

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2025 Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings Medicine #4 #4 #4 #5 #5
Pharmacy and Pharmacology #5 #5 #5 #8 #9
Nursing #3 #3 #3 #3 #3
ARWU (Shanghai Rankings) Public Health #4 #2 #2 #2
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences #29 #17 #10 #16
Clinical Medicine #6 #8 #5 #5
Medical Technology #3 #3 #2 #3
Dentistry and Oral Sciences #201-300 #151-200 #101-150 #151-200
Nursing #2 #5 #3 #3
THE World University Rankings Clinical, pre-clinical, and health #5 #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:​

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2025 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings Communication and Media Studies #101-150 #101-150 #101-150 #151-200 #151-200
Modern Languages #151-200 #101-150 #101-150 #94 #101-150
Arts and Humanities #118 #97 #100 #98 #89
Linguistics #251-300 #201-250 #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Politics #39 #36 #37 #33 #32
Philosophy #44 #51-100 #51-100 #51-100 #51-100
Social Sciences and Management #119 #108 #109 #138 #147
Performing Arts #101-150 #101-120
Education and Training #22 #28 #22 #20 #18
Social Policy and Administration #36 #50 #40 #27 #9
English Language and Literature #82 #69 #71 #73 #72
Sociology #63 #66 #50 #52 #85
History #32 #37 #26 #21 #21
THE World University Rankings Social Sciences #25 #18 #23 #29 #32
Arts and Humanities #49 #41 #45 #41 #41
Education #30 #30 #43 #52 #34
ARWU (Shanghai Rankings) Education #34 #30 #43 #41
Sociology #101-150 #76-100 #47 #51-75
Political Sciences #46 #39 #46 #51-75
Public Administration #76-100 #76-100 #76-100 #76-100
Law #76-100 #51-75 #51-75 #51-75

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 Ranking (2025) Subject Ranking (2025)
Agricultural Sciences #103 Economics and Business #162
Artificial Intelligence #46 Electrical and Electronic Engineering #130
Arts and Humanities #57 Endocrinology and Metabolism #25
Biology and Biochemistry #10 Engineering #159
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology #6 Environment/Ecology #304
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems #13 Gastroenterology and Hepatology #20
Cell Biology #22 Geosciences #181
Chemistry #166 Immunology #4
Clinical Medicine #2 Infectious Diseases #5
Computer Science #59 Materials Science #145
Condensed Matter Physics #187 Mathematics #93
Psychiatry/Psychology #29 Microbiology #11
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health #3 Molecular Biology and Genetics #15
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging #6 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology #197
Social Sciences and Public Health #4 Neuroscience and Behavior #5
Space Science #17 Oncology #4
Surgery #2 Optics #168
Physics #96 Pharmacology and Toxicology #14
Plant and Animal Science #467 Physical Chemistry #303

Johns 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 2024-25
QS WUR Sustainability Ranking #259
THE World University Rankings World University Rankings #15
World Reputation Rankings #20
CWUR National Rank #15
Employability Rank #207
Research Rank #8
Education Rank #24
Faculty Rank #20

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