Johns Hopkins University
Ranked #9

Johns Hopkins is organized into nine academic divisions on four campuses in Baltimore; one in Washington, D.C.; one in Montgomery County, Maryland; and facilities throughout the Baltimore-Washington region as well as in China and Italy: the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Carey Business School, the Peabody Institute, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, and the schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Education — plus the Applied Physics Laboratory, a non-academic division.

• Founded in 1878, Johns Hopkins University Press is the oldest academic publishing house in the U.S.
• JHU’s Latin motto is ‘Veritas vos Liberabit,’ which translates as 'The truth will set you free' 
• 60% of JHU students have either a double major or a major/minor combination to customize their education
• JHU offers students access to over 400 clubs and 22 sports teams
• Famous alumni include: Michael R. Bloomberg, former New York mayor, founder of Bloomberg L.P., Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Radio; Rachel Carson, biologist, ecologist, and author of Silent Spring; John Dewey, American philosopher, social critic and educator