Johns Hopkins University vs University of California - Berkeley

Overview Comparison
Johns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of California
Collegedunia Score7.8 Out of 108.4 Out of 10
ranking (overall)# 9 US News 2024
# 15 Times Higher Education 2024
# 28 QS World University 2024
# 9 Times Higher Education 2024
# 10 QS World University 2024
# 15 US News 2024
Subject Strength# 14 for Engineering by US News 2024
# 2 for Medicine by US News 2024
# 51 for Law by Academy Ranking of World Universities 2021
# 3 for Engineering by US News 2024
# 24 for Medicine by QS World University 2023
# 6 for Law by Times Higher Education 2024
ProgramsUG Programs -42
PG Programs -54
Doctorate Programs -2
UG Programs -19
PG Programs -39
Doctorate Programs -13
Acceptance Rate12.8 %16.8 %
Exam ScoreGMAT - 600
IELTS - 7
SAT - 1450
TOEFL - 100
GMAT - 680
GRE updated - 310
IELTS - 6.5
SAT - 1330
TOEFL - 80
Cost to StudyAverage Tuition Fees   54160
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  57010
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 17640 Per Year
Average Tuition Fees   41196
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  26544
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 57578 Per Year
placement (average package)

Johns Hopkins University is one of the top private universities in Baltimore, United States. It is ranked #24 in QS World University Rankings 2023.

Degree                     Average Salary

Doctorate                  $135,000 

Bachelor of Arts         $124,000 

MBA                           $120,000 

Bachelor of Science   $110,000 

Masters of Arts           $102,000 

Masters in Science    $97,000 


Some programs and the average salary are:

Degree                            Average Salary

Executive Masters           $195,000 

MBA                               $150,000 

Masters in Finance         $144,000 

PhD                                 $143,000 

Doctorate                        $140,000 

Bachelor (Other)            $121,000 


application requirements

Academic transcripts; Secondary School Report; 2 Teacher Evaluations; Mid-year Report; Standardized Test Scores; Proof of English language proficiency; Essays; SOPs; Résumé/CV; Recommendation letter(s); Professional Credential Evaluation; Financial Support Documents.

LORs (usually three);
SOP;
Resume;
Test Scores (such as TOEFL, IELTS, SAT, GRE, etc.)

Campuses and B-SchoolsNAHaas School of Business
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General Facts Comparison
General FactsJohns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of California
Type of UniversityUniversity
University
Student:Faculty Ratio4:1
18:1
Male:Female48% Male, 52% Female0% Male, 0% Female
Location Facts

4 Baltimore campuses: Homewood (home of schools of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Education), East Baltimore (home of schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health & Johns Hopkins Hospital), Peabody campus (home to the Peabody Institute), Harbor East (home of the Carey Business School).


Overlooking the San Francisco Bay, UC Berkeley campus is spread over approximately 1,232 acres of land. It is the oldest of the ten campuses of University of California.


Library

America’s first research university library; 5 Sheridan Libraries; 4.2 million volumes; 154,000 print & e-journals; 1.6 million ebooks; special collections with 400,000 rare books


UCB Library is the fourth largest library in USA comprising 24 libraries, 325 employees and 832 student employees. UCB Library has 13 million volumes in 300+ languages which includes printed books, journals, e-books, etc.


Campus Life

300+ student clubs & organizations; 24 varsity sports teams (22 of them competing at NCAA Division III level); Spring Fair (America’s largest student-run festival); Peabody Institute (America’s 1st conservatory); Hopkins Symphony Orchestra; 3 university museums; one of nation’s best campus dining programs; Hopkins All Access (Live and on-demand broadcast of JHU athletics events); Johns Hopkins Athletic Hall of Fame.


UCB consists of the Sather Tower, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Hall of Science, Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Botanical Garden, UC Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA).


Hostel#Room and board - $17640
#Room & Board - $16242
#Room & Board--Apartment - $20168
#Room & Board--Residence Hall - $21168
Famous Alumni

29 Nobel laureates; Michael Bloomberg (Former Mayor of New York City); Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez (Mexican author); Gertrude Stein (American novelist); Woodrow Wilson (28th US President); Katherine McNamara (American actress); Daniel Koch (Swiss physician); Takuya Tasso (Japanese Politician); Rachel Carson (American marine biologist); Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigerian writer); Aziz Sancar (Molecular biologist); George H.W. Bush (41st US President); Susan Wojcicki (CEO of YouTube); Edwin E. Catmull (President of Pixar & Walt Disney Animation Studios).


With a total of 520,566 alumni, UCB has 31 Nobel Laureates, 207 Turing Award, 20 Academic Awards, 20 Pulitzer Prize winners.
Steve Wosniak (co-founder of Apple Inc.);
Gordon Moore (co-founder of Intel);
Chris Pine (Actor);
Prithviraj Chavan (17th CM of Maharashtra, India)


City Life

Baltimore- most populous city in Maryland; one of the top 10 cities in USA for food lovers according to Yelp; city hosts events such as Baltimore Comic-Con, Baltimore Farmers Market, Maryland Film Festival, book festival, Artscape (America’s largest free crafts festival), etc.; Famous tourist attractions- Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Walters Art Museum, National Aquarium, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, Oriole Park at Camden Yards; Unemployment rate- 4.2% (Dec, 2019).


Berkeley is in close proximity to San Francisco which is only a 20 minutes ride with public transport. You can hike up to Beverly Hills, explore the oldest museums, Victorian architecture, and more. Flying to Vegas and Los Angeles is also easy or drive to lake Tahoe, Berkeley’s location is within close distance to most locations. There are a lot of bars, restaurants, coffee shops, parks, etc. The unemployment rate for Nov 2022 was 3.3%.


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