125 years of Franklin Field
The historic stadium, home to the University of Pennsylvania Quakers and the Penn Relays, recently celebrated its quasquicentennial.
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The University of Pennsylvania by the numbers: enrollment, tuition, employment, faculty size, annual budget, and more.
Students (Fall 2020)
21,785
4,767
26,552
9,960
11,825
Undergraduate Admissions (Fall 2020)
Penn received 42,204 applications for admission to the Class of 2024. Of those applicants, 3,789, or 9 percent, were offered admission. Ninety-seven percent of the students admitted for Fall 2020 came from the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class. The middle 50% of scores, as well as the median scores, on each of the two SAT components, are as follows:
- SAT Evidence-based Reading + Writing component: 720 to 800, with a median of 750
- SAT Math component: 760 to 800, with a median of 790
2,321
Undergraduate Graduation Rate
95.5%
92.1%
92.1%
A virtual Convocation for Penn’s newest students
Defined by their mission-driven grit and unity as a community, the Class of 2024 is welcomed with open arms—and inspired to ‘make the impossible possible’—during such an unprecedented time.
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Internationalism (Fall 2020)
A total of 7,830 international students applied for admission to Penn’s undergraduate schools for Fall 2020 and 474 (6.1 percent) received admissions offers. Eleven percent of the first-year class is international students. Penn had 5,183 international students enrolled at all levels in Fall 2020.
Study Abroad
1st
14th
2,311
85
Diversity (Fall 2020)
54%
55%
Penn Today
Penn Nursing’s innovation ecosystem
In the past five years, the school has been intentional about creating an environment that rewards risk-taking and supports failures. It’s led to story slams and accelerators and a shift to an innovation-centric mindset.
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A road map for climate action and sustainability
Ten years after releasing its original Climate Action Plan, the University of Pennsylvania has launched the Climate & Sustainability Action Plan 3.0, outlining Penn’s goals for improved environmental performance from 2019 to 2024.
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Athletics and Recreation
A charter member of the Ivy League, Penn offers intercollegiate competition for men in 16 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 15 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 2019-2020 academic year, there were 12,402 team members participating in 8 intramural leagues and 10 special events. About 1,142 students were members of 37 active club sports.
12,402
Faculty (Fall 2020)
- Standing 2,827
- Associated 2,221
- Total 5,048
- Academic Support Staff 2,125
- The student-faculty ratio 6:1
Members of distinction of the faculty, active and emeritus
- Members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences 92
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Members of the National Academy of Medicine
115 -
Members of the National Academy of Sciences
44 -
Members of the American Philosophical Society
32 -
Guggenheim Fellowships
178 -
Members of the National Academy of Engineering
15
In the past two decades, the faculty has been home to:
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MacArthur Award recipients
10 - National Medal of Science recipient 1
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Nobel Prize recipient
1 - Pulitzer Prize recipients 4
Staff (as of November 2020)
- Total regular workforce of faculty and staff 18,000
- University of Pennsylvania Health System workforce, including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 28,443
- House staff of the University of Pennsylvania Health System 1,416
Academics
- Total undergraduate majors currently being pursued 92 (Fall 2020)
- Traditional undergraduates pursuing individualized majors 4
Libraries
- Books volumes (print) 6.71 million
- Microform items 4.27 million
- Serials received 307,551
- E-books 2.08 million
- E-journals 304,659
- Digitized images 4.56 million
- Audio/video tapes, CDs, and DVDs 373,525
Campus Size (Fall 2020)
West Philadelphia campus: 299 acres, 217 buildings (excluding hospital).
New Bolton Center: 694 acres, 111 buildings.
Morris Arboretum: 92 acres, 32 buildings.
Fundraising (Fiscal Year 2020)
- Endowment $14.9 billion
- Voluntary support $705.1 million
- Contributions given by 142,473 individuals $397.7 million
- Gifts from foundations and associations $201.9 million
- Gifts from corporations $105.5 million
Sponsored Projects (Nov. 2020)
- in Awards $1.26 billion
- Awards 9,277
- Projects submitted 4,559
- Principal investigators that had a submitted project 1,794
Powerful Research (2020)
- Research centers and institutes 178
- Research faculty 5,000
- Postdoctoral fellows 1,300
- Academic support staff and graduate student trainees 5,700
- Research budget $1.1 billion
Tuition, Annual Budget, and Payroll
$60,042
$16,784
$11.3B
$6.46B
Community Service
Nearly 14,000 University students, faculty, and staff participate in more than 300 Penn volunteer and community service programs and more than 60 academically based community service courses that are taught each year. 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.
Netter Center for Community Partnerships
14,000
Increasing community impact through Penn Medicine CAREs grant program
Outside of hospitals and clinics, Penn Medicine physicians, nurses, staff, and students are serving their neighborhoods through volunteerism.
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