Johns Hopkins is consistently one of the top 15 most prestigious universities globally. It was “founded in 1876, is America’s first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university” (University website). Famous alumni include Mike Bloomberg, Woodrow Wilson, John Dewey, Denton Cooley, Nurul Izzah Anwar, Wes Craven, Kweisi Mfume, Gil Scott-Heron, Michael Steele, and many others.