by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of Pennsylvania was awarded 444 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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UPenn is ranked #4 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! UPenn has maintained this ranking for at least two years in a row.
UPenn is also ranked #1 out of 109 schools in Pennsylvania.
With an acceptance rate of 6%, UPenn is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.
About 49% of students accepted to UPenn submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 720 and 770. Math scores were between 760 and 800.
The student to faculty ratio at UPenn is an impressive 6 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Pennsylvania is 79%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 98% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Pennsylvania enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At UPenn the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 86%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,155 undergraduates at UPenn with 9,960 being full-time and 1,195 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $580 | $1,938 | $12,020 | $20,957 | $43,447 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UPenn, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UPenn, approximately 11% of students took out student loans averaging $10,510 a year. That adds up to $42,040 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UPenn is 0.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UPenn are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 34Th & Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6303 |
| Phone: | 215-898-5000 |
| Website: | www.upenn.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Philadelphia-PA/University-of-Pennsylvania/98508878775 |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/Penn |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Finance & Financial Management | 353 | $118,578 |
| Economics | 222 | $72,198 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 208 | NA |
| Philosophy | 199 | $61,331 |
| Nursing | 189 | $68,279 |
| Computer Information Systems | 156 | $102,195 |
| Business Administration & Management | 149 | $75,634 |
| General Biology | 146 | $39,783 |
| Political Science & Government | 139 | $49,929 |
| Computer Science | 108 | $127,623 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 5,564 students took at least one online class at University of Pennsylvania. This is a decrease from the 22,488 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,564 | 2,890 |
| 2019-2020 | 22,488 | 17,087 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,533 | 1,171 |
| 2017-2018 | 585 | 326 |
| 2016-2017 | 354 | 219 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Pennsylvania.
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Footnotes
*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.
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