Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
National
Location
Philadelphia, PA
Population
5,000,000
Website
http://www.upenn.edu/
Weather
Comfortable Days
105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours
2,540 (45%)
Days Without Precipitation
248 (54%)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
10,280
Men / Women
45% / 55%
From State
15%
From Region
29%
Athletes
10.7%
Racial/Ethnic
Asian
29%
White
26%
International
13%
Hispanic
11%
Black
9%
Mixed
5%
Native American
0%
Men in the Entering Class
Men
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
Native
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
International
Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
Native
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
International
Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.
IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Schools & Majors
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School of Arts and Sciences | 1,831 | 44% / 56% | 11% | $118,161 | 98 | 94% | |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | 6 +1 | 67% / 33% | 17% | $211,994 | 100 | — | |
| Chemistry | 27 +5 | 26% / 74% | 4% | $96,573 | 90 | — | |
| Earth and Environmental Science | 13 +3 | 38% / 62% | 31% | $71,797 | 59 | — | |
| Logic, Information, & Computation | 150 +59 | 68% / 32% | 22% | $294,852 | 100 | 100% | |
| Mathematics | 33 +13 | 67% / 33% | 12% | $154,798 | 100 | — | |
| Physics | 31 +3 | 55% / 45% | 26% | $97,984 | 91 | 100% | |
| Statistics and Data Science | 38 +23 | 66% / 34% | 29% | $185,983 | 100 | 94% | |
| Biochemistry | 30 +5 | 47% / 53% | 7% | $79,215 | 74 | — | |
| Biology | 158 +14 | 39% / 61% | 4% | $77,546 | 71 | 93% | |
| Biomedical Sciences | 9 — | 67% / 33% | 22% | $77,546 | 71 | 93% | |
| Biophysics | 5 +11 | 20% / 80% | 0% | $79,240 | 74 | — | |
| Neuroscience | 102 +4 | 38% / 62% | 4% | $93,785 | 88 | 100% | |
| Environmental Studies | 13 +10 | 31% / 69% | 8% | $66,168 | 45 | — | |
| Health and Societies | 88 +8 | 16% / 84% | 2% | $90,574 | 86 | 92% | |
| Economics | 1 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | — | — | — | |
| Mathematical Economics | 155 +30 | 68% / 32% | 18% | $150,134 | 100 | 95% | |
| Africana Studies | 3 +4 | 33% / 67% | 0% | $67,301 | 48 | — | |
| Ancient History | 32 +13 | 53% / 47% | 9% | $86,861 | 83 | 85% | |
| Anthropology | 13 +2 | 54% / 46% | 8% | $75,042 | 66 | — | |
| Applied Arts and Sciences | 6 — | 83% / 17% | 17% | $61,997 | 32 | 94% | |
| Cinema and Media Studies | 16 +9 | 44% / 56% | 19% | $73,405 | 63 | — | |
| Classical Studies | 8 +2 | 25% / 75% | 0% | $70,829 | 57 | — | |
| Cognitive Science | 95 +4 | 31% / 69% | 23% | $108,539 | 96 | 90% | |
| Cognitive Science | 9 +2 | 44% / 56% | 22% | — | — | — | |
| Communication | 5 — | 40% / 60% | 0% | $86,359 | 82 | 96% | |
| Communication and Media Studies | 67 +8 | 21% / 79% | 3% | $86,359 | 82 | 96% | |
| Comparative Literature | 3 +2 | 0% / 100% | 33% | $66,269 | 45 | — | |
| East Asian Languages | 4 +4 | 25% / 75% | 0% | $67,935 | 50 | — | |
| English | 40 +18 | 38% / 62% | 8% | $59,423 | 25 | 82% | |
| Francophone, Italian and Germanic Studies | — — | — | — | $71,504 | 59 | — | |
| Francophone, Italian and Germanic Studies | 1 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $71,378 | 59 | — | |
| French | 2 +3 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $71,149 | 58 | — | |
| Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies | 4 +2 | 25% / 75% | 0% | $65,646 | 43 | — | |
| General Literature | 6 — | 33% / 67% | 17% | $61,293 | 30 | — | |
| General Studies | 1 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $65,558 | 43 | — | |
| Health and Societies | 13 — | 77% / 23% | 8% | $78,184 | 72 | — | |
| Hispanic Studies | 1 +4 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $67,765 | 49 | — | |
| History | 2 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $86,861 | 83 | — | |
| History and Philosophy of Science and Technology | 9 +2 | 33% / 67% | 0% | $86,861 | 83 | 85% | |
| Humanities Studies | — — | — | — | $61,997 | 32 | 94% | |
| Individualized Major | 42 — | 50% / 50% | 2% | $61,997 | 32 | 94% | |
| International Relations | 36 +4 | 36% / 64% | 6% | $90,753 | 86 | 92% | |
| International Studies | 45 — | 44% / 56% | 22% | $277,260 | 100 | 94% | |
| Latin American & Latinx Studies | — +1 | — | — | $67,606 | 49 | — | |
| Linguistics | 2 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $71,551 | 59 | — | |
| Modern Middle Eastern Studies | — +4 | — | — | $67,973 | 50 | — | |
| Near Eastern Languages | 1 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | — | — | |
| Philosophy | 16 +8 | 69% / 31% | 19% | $104,170 | 94 | 95% | |
| Philosophy, Politics and Economics | 183 +6 | 49% / 51% | 8% | $104,170 | 94 | 95% | |
| Political Science | 98 +30 | 51% / 49% | 11% | $110,430 | 97 | 89% | |
| Psychology | 62 +8 | 19% / 81% | 2% | $64,024 | 38 | 94% | |
| Psychology | 5 — | 40% / 60% | 0% | $66,210 | 45 | — | |
| Religious Studies | 2 — | 100% / 0% | 50% | $81,496 | 77 | — | |
| Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods | 21 +1 | 29% / 71% | 5% | $87,494 | 83 | — | |
| Russian and East European Studies | 3 +4 | 67% / 33% | 0% | $68,287 | 51 | — | |
| Science, Technology and Society | 6 — | 17% / 83% | 17% | $94,031 | 88 | — | |
| Social Sciences | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $77,062 | 70 | — | |
| Sociology | — — | — | — | $67,865 | 50 | — | |
| South Asian Studies | — +1 | — | — | $68,168 | 50 | — | |
| Architecture | 23 +3 | 35% / 65% | 9% | $75,750 | 68 | 94% | |
| Design | 22 +6 | 32% / 68% | 5% | $92,787 | 87 | — | |
| Fine Arts | 10 +6 | 10% / 90% | 20% | $49,896 | 7 | 83% | |
| History of Art | 10 +11 | 30% / 70% | 10% | $49,896 | 7 | 83% | |
| Music | 3 — | 67% / 33% | 33% | $51,409 | 9 | — | |
| Theatre Arts | 1 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $47,078 | 5 | — | |
| Urban Studies | 24 +2 | 29% / 71% | 4% | $71,942 | 60 | 95% | |
| Visual and Performing Arts | 2 +3 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $51,006 | 8 | — | |
| Criminology | 14 +5 | 14% / 86% | 0% | $72,383 | 61 | — |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School of Engineering and Applied Science | 288 | 58% / 42% | 18% | $139,402 | 100 | 96% | |
| Bioengineering | 51 — | 43% / 57% | 22% | $120,589 | 98 | 97% | |
| Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | 21 — | 43% / 57% | 19% | $153,550 | 100 | 100% | |
| Computer Engineering | 11 — | 82% / 18% | 55% | $155,827 | 100 | — | |
| Electrical Engineering | 27 +1 | 59% / 41% | 19% | $150,663 | 100 | — | |
| Engineering | 9 — | 67% / 33% | 22% | $108,696 | 96 | — | |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 17 — | 41% / 59% | 12% | $97,895 | 91 | 90% | |
| Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics | 63 — | 71% / 29% | 11% | $115,505 | 98 | 97% | |
| Artificial Intelligence | — — | — | — | $294,852 | 100 | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 89 — | 58% / 42% | 17% | $169,349 | 100 | 95% |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School of Nursing | 191 | 12% / 88% | 4% | $113,229 | 97 | 96% | |
| Nursing | 191 — | 12% / 88% | 4% | $113,229 | 97 | 96% |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wharton School | 607 | 52% / 48% | 19% | $248,368 | 100 | 95% | |
| Accounting | 4 +16 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $153,961 | 100 | — | |
| Artificial Intelligence for Business | 72 +106 | 39% / 61% | 28% | $148,471 | 100 | 96% | |
| Behavioral Economics | — — | — | — | $294,852 | 100 | 100% | |
| Business Economics & Public Policy | 14 +12 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $149,746 | 100 | — | |
| Entrepreneurship & Innovation | 14 +20 | 57% / 43% | 14% | $236,323 | 100 | 95% | |
| Finance | 354 +48 | 57% / 43% | 21% | $310,624 | 100 | 95% | |
| Health Care Management & Policy | 23 +3 | 48% / 52% | 17% | $311,458 | 100 | 95% | |
| Leading Across Differences | 7 — | 14% / 86% | 14% | $80,236 | 75 | 95% | |
| Management | 39 +45 | 59% / 41% | 5% | $115,313 | 98 | 90% | |
| Marketing | 34 +19 | 38% / 62% | 6% | $122,767 | 99 | 95% | |
| Office Management | 1 +1 | 100% / 0% | 0% | — | — | — | |
| Operations, Information & Decisions | 27 +37 | 44% / 56% | 22% | $148,471 | 100 | 96% | |
| Real Estate | 8 +19 | 62% / 38% | 0% | $291,774 | 100 | 95% | |
| Statistics and Data Science | — — | — | — | $147,865 | 100 | — | |
| Legal Studies & Business Ethics | 10 +17 | 40% / 60% | 0% | $110,020 | 96 | — |
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$67,517
ROI Percentile
100th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
99%
4-Year Graduation Rate
86%
6-Year Graduation Rate
96%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
Graduated
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
Men
Women
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
International
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
Academics
| ⇅ | % | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.9% | 873 | 41% / 59% | 10% | $100,447 | 92 | 92% | ||
| Business & Economics | 25.8% | 753 | 56% / 44% | 19% | $229,936 | 100 | 95% | |
| Life & Natural Sciences | 10.4% | 304 | 40% / 60% | 5% | $83,187 | 79 | 96% | |
| Physical Sciences & Math | 10.0% | 292 | 61% / 39% | 21% | $215,691 | 100 | 99% | |
| Health Sciences | 9.6% | 279 | 13% / 87% | 3% | $106,083 | 95 | 95% | |
| Engineering | 6.8% | 199 | 57% / 43% | 19% | $126,009 | 99 | 97% | |
| Arts | 3.3% | 95 | 29% / 71% | 8% | $71,699 | 59 | 91% | |
| Computer Science | 3.3% | 95 | 59% / 41% | 17% | $172,042 | 100 | 95% | |
| Professional | 0.5% | 14 | 14% / 86% | 0% | $72,383 | 61 | — | |
| Agriculture & Food Science | 0.4% | 13 | 31% / 69% | 8% | $66,168 | 45 | — |
Research R1
| ⇅ | Research $ | Rank | Federal | Industry $ | PhDs | Rank | PhD students | Postdocs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life & Natural Sciences | $1,221M | #1 | 50% | $138M | 165 | #5 | 1,102 | 502 |
| Health Sciences | $437M | #28 | 51% | $27.2M | 102 | #12 | 69 | 381 |
| Engineering | $124M | #37 | 51% | $3.9M | 103 | #34 | 768 | 130 |
| $120M | #9 | 26% | $0.8M | 167 | #12 | 302 | 61 | |
| Business & Economics | $101M | #1 | 1% | $1.3M | 45 | #13 | 111 | 3 |
| Physical Sciences & Math | $96.5M | #33 | 65% | $0.7M | 87 | #27 | 460 | 127 |
| Computer Science | $28.0M | #37 | 52% | $0.4M | 17 | #58 | 218 | 13 |
| Education | $14.7M | #39 | 34% | $0.0M | 64 | #37 | — | — |
| Agriculture & Food Science | $1.1M | #156 | 15% | $0 | — | — | — | 69 |
| Total | $2,145M | #2 | 47% | $172M | 750 | #13 | 3,030 | 1,286 |
Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
5%
Yield (Unbound)
50%
Early Decision 1
Nov 1
Regular Decision
Jan 1
Acceptance Rates
| In-State | Out-of-State | International | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Decision | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| Early Decision | 14% | 14% | 14% |
Acceptance & Yield
Acceptance
Yield
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
Applicants
Admitted
Enrolled
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Standardized Tests
Test Policy
required
Submitted Test Scores
67%
SAT Range
1510
–
1570
SAT Math Range
770
–
800
SAT RW Range
740
–
770
SAT Composite
25th
75th
SAT Math
25th
75th
SAT Reading & Writing
25th
75th
Submitting a Test Score
Submitted
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.
Rankings
Academics
Future Patagonia Vest Owners
Top Investment Banking Feeders
Settling for Evercore
Future Ambulance Chasers
Top Law School Feeders
Future SCOTUS Clerks
Can't Hide Behind Your GPA
SAT-required, Highest Medians
Above Average in High School is Not Enough
College Costs
We Marked It Up Just to Put It on Sale
Highest List Price
Premium Price Tag
Prestige
Grandma Eyebrow Raisers
Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious
Ivies, But
My Tribe
Call Your Mother!
Most Jewish
Huge Community
Engineering
Pre-Med Hidding in Plain Sight
Biomedical Engineering
Cutting Edge
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes
Chemical Engineering
White-Collar Drug Lords
Resistance Is Futile
Computer Engineering
O(1) Touch Grass (Theoretically Computable)
Resistance Is Not Futile
Electrical Engineering
Ohm My God
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes.
Materials Engineering
Crystal Clear Leaders
WD-40 & Duct Tape
Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Whiteboard-preferred
Computer Science
Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better.
Artificial Intelligence
AI is the New CS
No, I Can't Fix Your Printer
Computer Science (Eng)
AI Hype Riders & Lab Rats
Explaining That HTML is Not a Programming Language
Computer Science (A&S)
Chalkboard Masochists
import pandas as pd
Data Science
The Prestige Pivoters
Physical Sciences & Math
Quants, Proofs & p < 0.05
Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Wall Street's Favorite Feeder Schools
Breaking Bad
Chemistry
Quantum Masochists & Chalkboard Wizards
Rocks and Whales
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
The Strata
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite
Physics & Astronomy
Biophysics, Soft Matter, and Interdisciplinary Physics
No Words Allowed
Pure Mathematics
Theorem Crafters
Life & Natural Sciences
Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room
Biology
Lab Gods
Memorizing 206 Bones
Human Biology
The Cadaver Club
Staring at a Gel Electrophoresis Until Our Eyes Bleed
Molecular Biology & Genomics
Helix Heavyweights
Action Potentials
Neuroscience
Huberman Lab Disciples
X-Ray Vision Required
Clinical Diagnostics
Read the Slides
Agriculture & Food Science
Doomsday Prepping with Data
Environmental Science
Green Scholars
Puppies Over People
Zoology & Veterinary Sciences
Aggies with Stethoscopes (Veterinary Sciences)
Health Sciences
Open Wide
Dentistry & Oral Health
Future Tooth Fairies
Behind Every Doctor
Health Services
Hospital VIPs
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts)
Nursing
Florence Nightingale's Heirs
Legal Drug Dealers
Pharmacy
Prescription Perfectionists
Saving Lives One Spreadsheet At a Time
Public Health
Epidemiology Elite
Business & Economics
LIFO the Party
Accounting
Big Four Pipeline
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings
Business Administration
Wharton
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets
Business Analytics
Dashboard Dictators
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro
Economics
The "Saltwater" Keynesian Minions
Move Fast, Break Tuition
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Pitch Deck Pros
Wolf of Wall Street Prep
Finance
Show Me The Money!
Office Politics 101
Human Resources
Culture Architects
Tik-Tok Generation
Marketing
Campaign Ready
Glengarry Glen Ross Prep
Real Estate
Location, Location, Location
Humanities & Social Sciences
I Think, Therefore I Major
Cognitive Science
The Qualia Quibblers
Much Ado About Nothing
English, Literature & Writing
The Great American Novelists
Smashing the Patriarchy 101
Gender Studies
Discourse Disruptors
Model UN Generation
Government & Politics
Diplomat Track
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary)
History & Archaeology
The Archivists
Passport Stamp Collectors
International Relations
UN Delegates
I'll Figure Out the Career Later
Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary
Major Mashup
Professional Yapping
Media & Communication Studies
Too Prestigious to Call It a Comm Degree
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group
Philosophy & Ethics
Armchair Philosophers
Feelings, But With Error Bars
Research & Experimental Psychology
Textbook Authors' Legacy
I Want To Understand Myself
Psychology
The Manipulation Majors
Decolonizing the Curriculum
Regional & Ethnic Studies
Area Experts
Arguing with God for a Grade
Religion
The Seekers
Everything is a Construct
Sociology & Anthropology
The Deconstructors
Grammar Police Academy
World Languages & Linguistics
Polyglot Powerhouses
Education
Surviving PTA Karens
General Education
Teacher's Pet
Hablas Pedagogy?
Languages Education
Polyglot Professors
History Repeats Itself
Social Sciences Education
Civics Class Stars
Everyone Gets a Medal
Special Education
Differentiated Instruction
Show Your Work, Then Teach It
STEM Education
Lab Coat Lecturers
Arts
Sleep Deprivation by Design
Architecture
Studio Culture
Explaining Splatters to Rich People
Art History & Management
Arts Admin Powerhouses
Lights, Camera, Tuition
Film
Streaming Service Bound
Eight Hours of Scales
Music
Practice Room Prophets
Professional
Future Lawyers (and Their Future Anxiety)
Law
Mock Trial Champs