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Students

Full-time: 19,816
Part-time: 4,164
Total: 23,980
Full-time Undergraduate: 10,163
Full-time Graduate/professional: 9,653
(as of Fall 2007)

Undergraduate Admissions

Penn received 22,646 applications for admission to the Class of 2011. Of those applicants, 3,628, or 16 percent, were offered admission. Ninety-six percent of the students admitted for Fall 2007 came from the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class and scored an average of 1,431 on the SAT. 2,397 students matriculated into this year's freshman class.

Internationalism

A total of 3,677 international students applied for admission to Penn's undergraduate schools for Fall 2007, and 447 (12%) received admissions offers. More than 13% of the first year class are international students. Of the international students enrolled in the Class of 2011, 12.5% were from Africa and the Middle East, 47.9% from Asia, 2.2% from Australia and the Pacific, 13.8% from Canada and Mexico, 10.3% from Central/South America and the Caribbean, and 13.2% from Europe. Penn had 4,448 international students enrolled at all levels in Fall 2007.

Study Abroad

Penn offers opportunities to undergraduate and graduate/professional students to study abroad in more than 60 countries. Penn ranks first among the Ivy League schools and twelfth nationwide among doctoral/research institutions in the number of students studying abroad, according to the most recent data (Institute for International Education, 2007). In 2005-06, 1,815 students participated in study abroad programs.

Diversity

About 42 percent of those accepted for admission to the Class of 2011 are Black, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American. Women comprise 51.7 percent of all students currently enrolled.

Undergraduate Schools

Penn's four undergraduate schools, with their Fall 2007 student populations, are:

The College at Penn (School of Arts and Sciences), 6,397
School of Engineering and Applied Science, 1,587
School of Nursing, 497
The Wharton School, 1,864

Graduate and Professional Schools

Penn's 12 graduate and professional schools, with their Fall 2007 student populations, are:

Annenberg School for Communication, 88
School of Arts and Sciences, 2,462
School of Dental Medicine, 606
Graduate School of Education, 1,395
School of Engineering and Applied Science, 1,102
School of Design, 593
Law School, 888
School of Medicine, 1,481
School of Nursing, 439
School of Social Policy & Practice, 373
School of Veterinary Medicine, 448
The Wharton School, 2,228

Faculty

Standing (February 2007): 2,488
Associated (February 2007): 2,119
Total: 4,607

The student-faculty ratio is 6:1 (Fall 2007).

Measures of distinction of the faculty include:

66 members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences;
58 members of the Institute of Medicine;
38 members of the National Academy of Sciences;
31 members of the American Philosophical Society
61 Guggenheim Fellowships (1987-2007);
11 members of the National Academy of Engineering;
Seven MacArthur Award recipients;
Six National Medal of Science recipients;
Five Nobel Prize recipients; and
Five Pulitzer Prize winners

Staff

Penn is the largest private employer in the city of Philadelphia and the second-largest in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of October 2007, Penn has a total regular work force of 20,381 (including Faculty). As of November 2007, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which includes the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, has a regular work force of 14,487 employees, including 1,152 Housestaff.

Academics

Total undergraduate majors currently being pursued: 89 (Fall 2007). In addition, 45 undergraduates were pursuing individualized majors.

Undergraduate Graduation Rate

Penn has an aggregate undergraduate graduation rate of 94 percent.

Libraries

5.57 million books
4.085 million microform items
47,787 serials received
309,277 e-books
18,765 e-journals
274,430 digitized images
15,194 videos

Athletics and Recreation

A charter member of the Ivy League, Penn offers intercollegiate competition for men in 17 sports, including baseball, basketball, cross country, fencing, football, golf, lacrosse, heavyweight rowing, lightweight rowing, soccer, sprint football, squash, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track, outdoor track and wrestling. It offers intercollegiate competition for women in 16 sports, including basketball, cross country, field hockey, fencing, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, squash, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track, outdoor track and volleyball. During the 2007-2008 academic year, there were 8,578 team members participating in 529 intramural teams in 12 sports; 1,200 additional students were members of 36 club sports.

Campus Size

West Philadelphia campus: 280 acres, 155 buildings (excluding hospital)
New Bolton Center: 600 acres, 86 buildings
Morris Arboretum: 92 acres, 29 buildings

Living Alumni of Record

Total: 259,807 (as of Fall 2007)

Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

$35,916 (Academic Year 2007-08)

Room and Board Fees

$10,208 (Academic Year 2007-08)

Community Service

Approximately 9,700 University students, faculty and staff participate in more than 300 Penn volunteer and community service programs, as well as the more than 150 academically based community service courses that Penn offers. Community service at Penn is primarily coordinated by Civic House (student volunteerism and advocacy), the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships (coordinates academically based community service) and Penn VIPS (Volunteers in Public Service—faculty and staff volunteers), which is a part of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships.

Fundraising

Endowment $6.63 billion (Fiscal Year 2007)
Voluntary support: $392.4 million (as of June 30, 2007)
114,280 individuals gave $189.3 million in contributions
$144.5 million in gifts from foundations and associations
$58.5 million in gifts from corporations

Budget

$5.18 billion (Fiscal Year 2008)

Payroll (including benefits)

$2.734 billion (Fiscal Year 2008)

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