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Yale
Johns Hopkins

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Yale grads earn $13K more ten years out than Johns Hopkins's ($100,533 vs. $87,555)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Yale graduates 4 pts more of its students than Johns Hopkins (98% vs. 94%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Yale$100.5K
Johns Hopkins$87.6K
Graduation rate
Yale98%
Johns Hopkins94%
Retention rate
Yale99%
Johns Hopkins98%

Borrowing

Median debt
Yale$13K
Johns Hopkins$10.3K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Yale5%
Johns Hopkins9%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Yale$8.1K
Johns Hopkins$8.9K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Yale87%
Johns Hopkins89%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Yale98%
Johns Hopkins94%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Yale0%
Johns Hopkins4%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Yale96%
Johns Hopkins94%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Yale96%
Johns Hopkins94%
Pell graduation gap
YaleNo gap
Johns Hopkins1 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupYaleJohns Hopkins
White97%93%
Asian97%98%
Hispanic/Latino93%92%
Black93%89%
Two or more races93%95%
International96%94%

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Yale University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)

Figures are the newest each college has published; years can differ between colleges. Each value's ⓘ shows its source and year. Why