University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

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Tuition & Fees

$69,174

not including housing and food

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Test Scores

Average freshman score by percentile.

75th
770
25th
730
75th
800
25th
770
75th
36
25th
35
75th
36
25th
33
75th
35
25th
34
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undergraduateRatios

45%

male

55%

female

8

students

1

faculty

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Extremely Selective

6%

acceptance rate

Accepted 3,549
Declined 51,039
Total Received 54,588
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Private

11,250

undergraduate students

16,951

graduate students

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Location

School Facts

Founded in 1740, University of Pennsylvania is a private, four-year university that is known for its strong academic programs in the liberal arts, engineering, business, and medicine. It is located on a 260-acre campus two miles from downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Application link Apply online
Public/private Private
Campus enrollment 28,201
Established in 1740
Coeducational Coeducational
Religious affiliation Other

Social Networks

302-acre, urban campus in Philadelphia (population: 1,580,863). Served by air, bus, and train. School operates transportation throughout campus and to local off-campus areas. Public transportation serves campus.

  • Campus Setting: Major city

University of Pennsylvania
34th and Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA
19104

Campus Life

yes
Housing available
55%
of undergraduates that live in campus-owned housing
100%
of freshmen that live in campus-owned housing
no
Students are not required to live in school housing
yes
Students may have cars on campus
yes
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age

Fun Facts

  • The 1905 college football season was a truly deadly one, with dozens of players at schools like University of Pennsylvania dying due to internal injuries, given the violent nature of the game. President Teddy Roosevelt called for collegiate athletic reforms shortly thereafter.
  • The first true "university," defined as a higher education institution with more than one faculty, in the United States was the University of Pennsylvania, so named in 1779.
  • University of Pennsylvania students compete for the coveted House Cup, awarded to the residents of the winningest residence hall after a year-long series of intramural events!
  • One senior class tradition at the University of Pennsylvania involves planting a piece of ivy. The first piece of ivy planted on the aptly named Ivy Day came all the way from Kenilworth Castle in Scotland.
  • University of Pennsylvania students can get some of the best seats in the house for basketball games at the Palestra, aka the Cathedral of College Basketball—but only if they wait for hours in "The Line," a rotating time and place of sale that changes every year and is kept secret until that day.
  • Students at the University of Pennsylvania throw toast (or bread) onto the field during the third quarter of every home football game—a literal "toast," since doing so with alcohol was banned during Prohibition, and the crispy, buttery practice just stuck!
  • The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania was the first collegiate business school in the United States.
  • University of Pennsylvania was founded by Benjamin Franklin.

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% freshman classHigh School Class Rank

Top 1/10
96%
Top 1/4
99%
Top 1/2
100%

Test Scores

Average freshman score by percentile.

75th
770
25th
730
75th
800
25th
770
75th
36
25th
35
75th
36
25th
33
75th
35
25th
34

Admissions Facts

Application fee $75
Admissions interview (required or recommended) Neither
Application deadline (final deadline) January 5
School has early decision program Yes
Early decision program application deadline November 1
SAT/ACT requirements SAT or ACT Required

Extremely Selective

6%

acceptance rate

Accepted 3,549
Declined 51,039
Total Received 54,588

Admissions Factors

Required

Secondary School GPA
Recommendations
Secondary School Record

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Counseling services

  • Academic
  • Birth control
  • Career
  • Military
  • Minority student
  • Older student
  • Other
  • Personal
  • Psychological
  • Religious
  • Veteran student

Remedial services offered

Not reported

Career placement services

  • Alumni network
  • Career/job search classes
  • Interest inventory
  • Internships
  • Interview training
  • On-campus job interviews
  • Other
  • Resume assistance

Percent of the campus accessible to physically disabled students

93%

Additional services

  • Day care
  • Health insurance
  • Health service
  • Nonremedial tutoring
  • Other
  • Placement service
  • Women's Center

Special programs for physically disabled students

  • Adaptive equipment
  • Braille services
  • Interpreters for hearing-impaired
  • Note-taking services
  • Other
  • Reader services
  • Special transportation
  • Talking books
  • Tape recorders
  • Tutors

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Financial Aid

57%

Of undergraduate students
receiving financial aid

$47,776

Average financial aid

Cost

Tuition $66,104
Housing $12,166
Food $6,330
Additional fees $3,070
Books & supplies $1,358
Total $89,028
Average Financial Aid - $47,776
Total with Avg. Aid $41,252

Scholarships & Grants

Need-based

Federal $10,034,555
State $1,426,254
Institutional $197,203,287
Other external $5,660,235
Total $214,324,331

Non-need-based

Federal $221,135
State $33,465
Institutional
Other external $6,172,605
Total $6,427,205

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Financial Facts

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Financial Aid Office


P: 215 898-1988
F: 215 573-5428
sfsmail@exchange.upenn.edu

Varsity Sports

M W
All track combined yes yes
Baseball yes
Basketball yes yes
Fencing yes yes
Field hockey yes
Football yes
Golf yes yes
Gymnastics yes
Lacrosse yes yes
Other sports yes
Rowing yes yes
Soccer yes yes
Softball yes
Squash yes yes
Swimming and diving yes yes
Tennis yes yes
Volleyball yes
Wrestling yes

Club Sports - Men's

badminton, baseball, cricket, cycling, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, roller hockey, rugby, sailing, skiing, soccer, squash, swimming, table tennis, tae kwon do, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo

Club Sports - Women's

badminton, basketball, cycling, equestrian sports, field hockey, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rugby, sailing, skiing, soccer, squash, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, tae kwon do, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo

Intramural/Recreational Sports

aikido, basketball, dance team, soccer, softball, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball

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Athletic Facts

Athletic conference memberships
NCAA (Division I), Ivy Group (Football I-AA)

Majors

Assc. Bach. Mast. Doct.
Accounting yes yes yes
Actuarial Science yes yes
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing yes
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching yes
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General yes yes
Anthropology, General yes yes yes
Anthrozoology yes
Applied Economics yes yes
Applied Mathematics, General yes yes
Applied Mathematics, Other yes
Archeology yes yes
Art History, Criticism and Conservation yes yes yes
Artificial Intelligence yes
Behavioral Sciences yes
Biochemistry yes
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering yes yes yes
Bioethics/Medical Ethics yes
Bioinformatics yes yes
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other yes
Biology/Biological Sciences, General yes yes yes
Biomedical Sciences, General yes
Biophysics yes
Biostatistics yes yes
Biotechnology yes
Business Administration and Management, General yes yes yes
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other yes
Business/Commerce, General yes yes yes
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology yes yes
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering yes yes yes
Chemistry, General yes yes yes
Cognitive Science, General yes
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling yes
Comparative Literature yes yes yes
Computational Science yes
Computer Engineering, General yes
Computer Science yes yes
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications yes
Computer and Information Sciences, General yes yes yes
Counseling Psychology yes
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services yes
Criminology yes yes yes
Curriculum and Instruction yes yes
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration yes
Demography and Population Studies yes yes
Dentistry yes
Design and Applied Arts, Other yes
Design and Visual Communications, General yes
Developmental and Child Psychology yes yes
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General yes
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce yes
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics yes yes yes
Economics, General yes yes yes
Education, General yes yes
Education, Other yes yes
Educational Leadership and Administration, General yes yes
Educational Statistics and Research Methods yes yes
Educational/Instructional Technology yes yes
Electrical and Electronics Engineering yes yes yes
Elementary Education and Teaching yes
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing yes
Engineering Design yes
Engineering, Other yes yes
English Language and Literature, General yes yes yes yes
English/Language Arts Teacher Education yes
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies yes yes
Environmental Biology yes
Environmental Health yes
Epidemiology yes yes
Experimental Psychology yes
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing yes
Film/Cinema/Media Studies yes
Finance, General yes yes yes
Financial Mathematics yes
Fine/Studio Arts, General yes yes
French Language and Literature yes
General Literature yes
Genetic Counseling/Counselor yes
Geographic Information Science and Cartography yes
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other yes
Geological/Geophysical Engineering yes
Geology/Earth Science, General yes yes yes
German Language and Literature yes yes yes
Health Professions Education yes
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other yes
Health/Health Care Administration/Management yes yes yes
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs, Other yes
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration yes yes
Historic Preservation and Conservation, General yes
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology yes yes yes
History, General yes yes yes
History, Other yes yes yes
Humanities/Humanistic Studies yes
Hydrology and Water Resources Science yes
Immunology yes yes
Insurance yes
International Business/Trade/Commerce yes yes
International Relations and Affairs yes
International/Globalization Studies yes yes
Italian Language and Literature yes
Jewish/Judaic Studies yes
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching yes
Law yes
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other yes
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies yes yes
Linguistics yes yes yes
Logic yes
Management Information Systems, General yes
Management Science yes yes yes
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other yes yes yes
Marketing/Marketing Management, General yes yes yes
Materials Engineering yes yes yes
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing yes
Mathematics Teacher Education yes
Mathematics and Computer Science yes
Mathematics, General yes yes yes
Mechanical Engineering yes yes yes
Medical Informatics yes
Medical Science/Scientist yes
Music, General yes yes yes
Nanotechnology yes
Neuroscience yes yes yes
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management yes
Nurse Anesthetist yes yes
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery yes
Nursing Administration yes
Nursing Education yes
Operations Management and Supervision yes yes yes
Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology yes
Organizational Behavior Studies yes yes
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing yes
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing yes
Pharmacology yes yes
Philosophy yes yes yes
Philosophy, Other yes
Physics, General yes yes yes
Physics, Other yes
Political Science and Government, General yes yes yes
Programs for Foreign Lawyers yes
Psychology, General yes yes yes
Psychology, Other yes
Public Administration yes
Public Health, Other yes
Public Policy Analysis, General yes yes yes
Reading Teacher Education yes yes
Real Estate yes yes
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other yes
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse yes yes yes
Religion/Religious Studies yes yes yes
Research and Experimental Psychology, Other yes yes yes
Retailing and Retail Operations yes
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other yes yes yes
Russian Language and Literature yes
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General yes yes
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education yes
Secondary Education and Teaching yes
Social Sciences, General yes
Social Sciences, Other yes
Social Studies Teacher Education yes
Social Work yes yes
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education yes
Sociology, General yes yes yes
Spanish Language and Literature yes
Statistics, General yes yes yes
Sustainability Studies yes
Systems Engineering yes yes
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor yes
Transportation/Mobility Management yes
Urban Studies/Affairs yes
Visual and Performing Arts, General yes
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing yes

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Most Popular Majors

  1. Finance
  2. Economics
  3. Nursing

Programs Offered

  • Accelerated study
  • Certificate programs
  • Distance Learning
  • Double majors
  • Dual degrees
  • Honors program
  • Independent study
  • Internships
  • Pass/fail grading option
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Self-designed majors

Pre-professional Programs

  • Pre-dentistry
  • Pre-law
  • Pre-medicine
  • Pre-veterinary science

28,201

total students

16%

in-state

84%

out-of-state

Undergraduate

Graduate

40%

11,250
students

Female
55%
6,206

Male
45%
5,044

60%

16,951
students

Female
57%
9,629

Male
43%
7,322

undergraduateFull-time

undergraduatePart-time

93%

10,412
students

Female
55%
5,694

Male
45%
4,718

7%

838
students

Female
61%
512

Male
39%
326

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Student Break-down

13%
Nonresident aliens
8%
Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
< 1%
Native American or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic/Latino
25%
Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
10%
Hispanic/Latino
32%
White, non-Hispanic/Latino
5%
Race and/or ethnicity unknown
5%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic/Latino
< 1%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino

Transfer Enrollment

Not Reported

Transfer applicants enrolled

Not Reported

Students are transfer students

Transfer Requirements

Minimum requirements
High school transcript Required of All
College transcript(s) Required of All
Essay or personal statement Required of All
Interview Not Required/Recommended
Standardized test scores Required of All
Statement of good standing from prior institution(s) Required of All

Transfer Application Deadline

Fall: March 15

Transfer Credits

Maximum transferred

48

semester hours

Minimum transfers must complete

64

semester hours

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