Which Johns Hopkins University major has the lowest debt?

Cell Biology and Anatomy graduates leave with a median of $10,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 14 Johns Hopkins University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Johns Hopkins University cost?

Tuition and fees are $65,230 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $18,809 a year.

How many Johns Hopkins University programs report graduate pay?

15 bachelor's programs at Johns Hopkins University report first-year pay, and 14 of them also report federal debt.

Johns Hopkins University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Baltimore, MD
5,693 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

15 Johns Hopkins University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer and Information Science pays the most in the first year ($109,514), and Music the least ($16,479). The median program pays $44,004.

Tuition and fees$65,230Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$18,809Per year

Graduation rate94%Within 6 years

Admission rate6%Of applicants

All 15 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Maryland" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Maryland. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Maryland
1	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 171 graduates a year	$109,514	$183,104	$12,750	1st of 10
2	MathematicsAbout 102 graduates a year	$83,171	$138,612	$10,859	1st of 5
3	EconomicsAbout 140 graduates a year	$78,181	$145,452	$12,494	1st of 7
4	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 108 graduates a year	$76,928	$118,167	$11,207	1st of 1
5	Chemical EngineeringAbout 81 graduates a year	$51,267	$111,011	$15,000	3rd of 3
6	Experimental PsychologyAbout 100 graduates a year	$49,035	Not reported	$14,507	1st of 2
7	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesGraduates a year not reported	$46,455	Not reported	$13,750	1st of 4
8	International RelationsAbout 80 graduates a year	$44,004	$91,204	$12,000	1st of 3
9	Writing and RhetoricAbout 26 graduates a year	$43,524	$62,703	$13,728	1st of 2
10	Cognitive ScienceAbout 42 graduates a year	$42,602	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
11	Public HealthAbout 177 graduates a year	$36,540	$89,081	$12,750	2nd of 2
12	NeuroscienceAbout 126 graduates a year	$28,108	$70,736	$12,750	1st of 1
13	Cell Biology and AnatomyAbout 185 graduates a year	$24,352	$66,379	$10,750	1st of 1
14	Human BiologyAbout 29 graduates a year	$19,916	Not reported	$12,138	1st of 1
15	MusicAbout 84 graduates a year	$16,479	Not reported	$23,250	3rd of 3

Program names link to the program's own page, and Maryland ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Maryland programs in the field do too.

3 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer and Information Science$109,514
Mathematics$83,171
Economics$78,181
Biomedical Engineering$76,928
Chemical Engineering$51,267

Lowest median debt

Cell Biology and Anatomy$10,750
Mathematics$10,859
Biomedical Engineering$11,207
International Relations$12,000
Human Biology$12,138

Largest programs

Cell Biology and AnatomyAbout 185 graduates a year
Public HealthAbout 177 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 171 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 140 graduates a year
NeuroscienceAbout 126 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer and Information Science graduates earn a median of $109,514 in their first year, the most of 15 Johns Hopkins University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Maryland rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels