by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, University of Pennsylvania took the #5 spot. This places the school in the Top 1% of the country for overall quality. For this achievement, UPenn received one of this year's Best Master's Schools badges.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania, UPenn came in at #1.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and UPenn took the #3 spot on the list. This places the school in the Top 1% of the country for overall quality. UPenn was awarded this year's Best Doctorate Schools badge for this accomplishment.
In addition, UPenn took the #1 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
The total graduate student population at UPenn is made up of 55.4% women and 44.6% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 29.9% of the graduate students who attend UPenn are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at UPenn. Around 25.1% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $38,732 | $38,732 |
| Fees | $4,200 | $4,200 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from UPenn enter careers with an average starting salary of $90,142. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 54% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Doctorate degree recipients from UPenn earn an average salary of $97,555 during the early years of their career. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 30% higher than the national average of $75,260.
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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 |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24.7% of the graduate students at UPenn took at least one online course. For that same period, 13.8% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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