Genetics at Johns Hopkins University

If you are interested in studying genetics, you may want to check out the program at Johns Hopkins University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 28,890 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received their master's degree in genetics.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Genetics section at the bottom of this page.

Johns Hopkins Genetics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Genetics
• Doctorate Degree in Genetics

Online Classes Are Available at Johns Hopkins

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Johns Hopkins does offer online courses in genetics for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Johns Hopkins Genetics Rankings

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in genetics, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Genetics Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the genetics majors at Johns Hopkins University.

Johns Hopkins Genetics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of genetics master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

Of the students who received a genetics master's degree from Johns Hopkins, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the genetics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a master's in genetics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)
• Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Physiology & Pathology Sciences
• Neurobiology & Neurosciences
• Biomathematics & Bioinformatics

Careers That Genetics Grads May Go Into

A degree in genetics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Medical Scientists	5,010	$105,780
Biological Scientists	4,100	$103,790
Natural Sciences Managers	3,370	$148,310
Biological Science Professors	760	$89,650

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.