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Facts and Figures

Students

Full-time: 20,128
Part-time: 3,979
Total: 24,107
Full-time Undergraduate: 10,275
Full-time Graduate/professional: 9,853
(as of Fall 2008)

Undergraduate Admissions

Penn received 22,935 applications for admission to the Class of 2012. Of those applicants, 3,883, or 16.9 percent, were offered admission. 98.9 percent of the students admitted for Fall 2008 came from the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class and scored an average of 1,437 on the SAT. 2,430 students matriculated into this year's freshman class.

Internationalism

A total of 3,874 international students applied for admission to Penn's undergraduate schools for Fall 2008, and 392 (10.1%) received admissions offers. More than 10% of the first year class are international students. Of the international students enrolled in the Class of 2012, 9.4% were from Africa and the Middle East, 46.9% from Asia, 3.1% from Australia and the Pacific, 17.2% from Canada and Mexico, 9.0% from Central/South America and the Caribbean, and 10.9% from Europe. Penn had 3,544 international students enrolled at all levels in Fall 2008.

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 sixteenth nationwide among doctoral/research institutions in the number of students studying abroad, according to the most recent data (Institute for International Education, 2008). In 2006-07, 1,768 students participated in study abroad programs.

Diversity

37.6 percent of those accepted for admission to the Class of 2012 are Black, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American. Women comprise 51.8 percent of all students currently enrolled.

Undergraduate Schools

Penn's four undergraduate schools, with their Fall 2008 student populations, are:

The College at Penn (School of Arts and Sciences), 6,404
School of Engineering and Applied Science, 1,609
School of Nursing, 488
The Wharton School, 1,866

Graduate and Professional Schools

Penn's 12 graduate and professional schools, with their Fall 2008 student populations, are:

Annenberg School for Communication, 88
School of Arts and Sciences, 2,392
School of Dental Medicine, 595
Graduate School of Education, 1,433
School of Engineering and Applied Science, 1,134
School of Design, 589
Law School, 895
School of Medicine, 1,561
School of Nursing, 474
School of Social Policy & Practice, 367
School of Veterinary Medicine, 489
The Wharton School, 2,239

Faculty

(As of December 2008)

Standing: 2,524
Associated: 1,525
Total: 4,049

Academic Support Staff: 2,278

The student-faculty ratio is 6:1

Members of distinction of the faculty, active and emeritus, include:

74 members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences
64 members of the Institute of Medicine
36 members of the National Academy of Sciences
28 members of the American Philosophical Society
170 Guggenheim Fellowships
9 members of the National Academy of Engineering

In the past two decades, the faculty has been home to:

7 MacArthur Award recipients
6 National Medal of Science recipients
5 Nobel Prize recipients
5 Pulitzer Prize recipients

Staff

As of 2008, Penn has a total regular work force of over 16,000 faculty and staff. As of September 2008, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which includes the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, has a regular work force of 15,032 employees, including 1,188 Housestaff.

Academics

Total undergraduate majors currently being pursued: 83 (Fall 2008). In addition, 45 undergraduates were pursuing individualized majors.

Undergraduate Graduation Rate

Penn has an aggregate undergraduate graduation rate of 94 percent.

Libraries

5.76 million books volumes (print)
4.15 million microform items
50,252 serials received
316,538 e-books
18,278 e-journals
304,450 digitized images
20,219 videos

Powerful Research

With 165 research centers and institutes, research is a substantial and esteemed enterprise at Penn. As of fiscal year 2009, the research community includes over 3,800 faculty and over 1,000 postdoctoral fellows, over 5,400 academic support staff and graduate assistants, and a research budget of $730 million. The scale and interdisciplinary character of our research activities make Penn a nationally-ranked research university.

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 2008-2009 academic year, there were 8,955 team members participating in 545 intramural teams in 12 sports; 1,300 additional students were members of 39 club sports.

Campus Size

• West Philadelphia campus: 279 acres, 182 buildings (excluding hospital)
• New Bolton Center: 600 acres, 85 buildings
• Morris Arboretum: 92 acres, 29 buildings

Living Alumni of Record

Total: 263,910 (as of Fall 2008)

Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

$34,868, (Academic Year 2009-10)

Room and Board Fees

$11,016 (Academic Year 2009-10)

Community Service

Approximately 12,000 University students, faculty and staff participate in more than 300 Penn volunteer and community service programs, as well as the more than 160 academically based community service courses that Penn offers. Community service at Penn is primarily coordinated by Civic House (student volunteerism and advocacy), Fox Leadership, 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 $6.23 billion (Fiscal Year 2008)
Voluntary support: $475.9 million (as of June 30, 2008)
117,227 individuals gave $252.3 million in contributions
$166.2 million in gifts from foundations and associations
$57.5 million in gifts from corporations

Sponsored Projects (as of 16-Oct-2008)

$799 million in awards
5,561 awards
3,479 projects submitted
1,499 principal investigators that had a submitted project

Total University Budget

$5.542 Billion (Fiscal Year 2009)

Budgeted Payroll (including benefits)

$2.965 Billion (Fiscal Year 2009)