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Johns Hopkins University comprises eight academic institutions: The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the Peabody Conservatory of Music, the School of Medicine, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the School of Nursing, the School of Professional Studies in Business and Education (which, beginning in January 2007, will be divided into the Carey Business School and the School of Education), and the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. The University employs about 45,000 people (as of 2006), making it the largest private employer in the State of Maryland.

A number of these institutions have distinguished themselves nationally, particularly the Krieger and Whiting Schools, the School of Medicine, the School of Advanced International Studies, and the Johns Hopkins Hospital. In its annual National Universities ranking, U.S. News and World Report ranked Johns Hopkins University's undergraduate program 16th in the United States for the year 2007, down from 13th in 2006. For medical research, U.S. News ranked the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine second best in the United States for the year 2007.