Columbia vs Johns Hopkins

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	Columbia University	Johns Hopkins University
Overview
Location	New York, New York	Baltimore, Maryland
Campus setting	City: Large	City: Large
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Private (Non Profit)	Private (Non Profit)
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	99.0%	96.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	4.1%	7.5%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $85 Graduate: $120	Undergraduate: $70 Graduate: $75
SAT range	1470 - 1570	N/A
ACT range	34 - 35	N/A
Students submitting SAT score	43.0%
Students submitting ACT score	28.0%
Total number of applicants	61,110	39,515
Total number of admissions given out	2,524	2,972
Admitted students who chose to enroll	1,641	1,420
Yield rate	65.0%	47.8%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Not required	Required
Recommendation letters	Required	Required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Not required	Required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	$90,882	$74,583
Average net price	$12,411	$20,680
Tuition	$60,514	$58,720
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $9,450 Meal plan: $6,000	Room/dormitory: $9,736 Meal plan: $7,064
Available payment plans	Prepaid tuition plan Tuition payment plan	Prepaid tuition plan Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	53.0% Average amount $57,726	66.0% Average amount $45,373
Students receiving federal student loan	7.0% Average amount $5,511	10.0% Average amount $4,894
Students taking out private loans	2.0% Average amount $34,119	3.0% Average amount $23,253

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	8,832 Men 50.6% Women 49.4%	6,132 Men 44.9% Women 55.1%
Graduate students	24,944 Men 44.8% Women 55.2%	25,917 Men 45.6% Women 54.4%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Moderate
Out-of-state students	N/A	N/A
International students	37.0%	22.5%
Campus local/setting	City: Large	City: Large
Dormitory capacity	13,071	2,717
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	N/A	N/A

Academics
Popular study areas	Business Health Professions Engineering Computer and Information Science Public Administration and Social Service	Health Professions Business Engineering Social Sciences Education
Students to faculty ratio	6:1	6:1
Institutional accreditation	Middle States Commission on Higher Education	Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Outcome
Graduation rate	97.4%	94.6%
Dropout rate	1.7%	2.6%
Transferred out	0.7%	2.4%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Law (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $193,362 Year 2: $180,752 Year 3: $230,020 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $162,427 Year 2: $170,426 Year 3: $179,305 Management Information Systems and Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $153,730 Year 2: $160,605 Year 3: $167,216 Computer Science (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $133,851 Year 2: $143,033 Year 3: $166,695 Operations Research (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $111,312 Year 2: $114,503 Year 3: $148,040 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $108,903 Year 2: $103,078 Year 3: $135,658 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $115,222 Year 2: $127,993 Year 3: $131,926 Construction Management (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $98,322 Year 2: $110,878 Year 3: $125,926 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $111,569 Year 2: $109,659 Year 3: $119,899 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $92,223 Year 2: $100,127 Year 3: $118,332	Systems Engineering (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $114,155 Year 2: $111,563 Year 3: $131,276 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $122,031 Year 2: $125,015 Year 3: $130,945 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $111,651 Year 2: $118,848 Year 3: $129,740 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $105,950 Year 2: $108,649 Year 3: $122,951 Business/Commerce, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $109,954 Year 2: $101,406 Year 3: $114,349 Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $101,186 Year 2: $104,192 Year 3: $113,392 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $99,074 Year 2: $106,421 Year 3: $112,352 Information Science/Studies (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $108,932 Year 2: $100,405 Year 3: $110,364 Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $78,878 Year 2: $98,847 Year 3: $107,818 Economics (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $95,401 Year 2: $91,448 Year 3: $106,834

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