Facts

The University of Pennsylvania by the numbers: enrollment, tuition, employment, faculty size, annual budget, and more.

Students (Fall 2022)

23,559

Full-time

4,642

Part-time

28,201

Total Students

10,412

Full-time Undergraduate

13,147

Full-time Graduate/Professional

Undergraduate Admissions (Fall 2022)

Penn received 54,588 applications for admission to the Class of 2026. Of those applicants, 3,549, or 6 percent, were offered admission. Ninety-four percent of the students admitted for Fall 2022 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: 730 to 780, with a median of 760
  • SAT Math component: 770 to 800, with a median of 790

Admissions

2,409

Students matriculated into this year's freshman class.

Undergraduate Graduation Rate

96%

6-year graduation rate for all Penn undergraduates.

93%

Penn undergraduates who are underrepresented minorities.

93%

Recipients of Pell grants.

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Internationalism (Fall 2022)

A total of 12,222 international students applied for admission to Penn’s undergraduate schools for Fall 2022 and 431 (3.5 percent) received admissions offers. Thirteen percent of the first-year class is international students. Penn had 6,931 international students enrolled at all levels in Fall 2022.

INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS

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Of the international students enrolled in the Class of 2026

12%

from Africa and the Middle East.

42%

from Asia.

3%

from Australia and the Pacific.

15%

from Canada and Mexico.

8%

from Central and South America and the Caribbean.

19%

from Europe.

Study Abroad

1st

among the Ivy League schools in number of students studying abroad.

10th

nationwide among doctoral/research institutions in number of students studying abroad, according to the most recent data (Institute of International Education, 2020).

1,434

Penn US Citizen and Permanent Resident students participated in study abroad programs for academic credit in 2019-2020.

49

Countries in which Penn undergraduate and graduate/professional students earned academic credit in academic year 2019-2020.
International Programs

Diversity (Fall 2022)

59%

of the Class of 2026 identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American.

56%

of all currently enrolled students are women.

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Penn Today

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Undergraduate School Populations (Fall 2022)

The College of Arts and Sciences 7,135

School of Engineering and Applied Science 1,777

School of Nursing 580

The Wharton School 1,758

11,250


Graduate School Populations (Fall 2022)

Annenberg School for Communication 68

School of Arts and Sciences 2,168

School of Dental Medicine 789

Weitzman School of Design 768

Graduate School of Education 1,664

School of Engineering and Applied Science 4,140

Carey Law School 993

Perelman School of Medicine 2,122

School of Nursing 607

School of Social Policy & Practice 663

School of Veterinary Medicine 571

The Wharton School 2,398

16,951


Progress toward a more sustainable University

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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, sprint football, golf, lacrosse, heavyweight rowing, lightweight rowing, soccer, squash, swimming, 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 2021-22 academic year, there were 2,000 team members participating in 17 leagues and tournaments. 1,126 students were members of 35 active club sports.

Athletics

Recreation

2000

team members participating in 17 intramural leagues and special events.

Faculty (Fall 2021)

  • Standing 2,749
  • Associated 2,344
  • Total 5,093
  • Academic Support Staff 1,961
  • The student-faculty ratio 6:1

Members of distinction of the faculty, active and emeritus

  • Members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences 106
  • Members of the National Academy of Medicine
     124
  • Members of the National Academy of Sciences
     51
  • Members of the American Philosophical Society
     35
  • Guggenheim Fellowships
     181
  • Members of the National Academy of Engineering

     15

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

  • MacArthur Award recipients
     10
  • National Medal of Science recipient 1
  • Nobel Prize recipient
     1
  • Pulitzer Prize recipients 4

Staff (as of November 2021)

  • 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 1,314

Academics

  • Total undergraduate majors currently being pursued 91 (Fall 2021)
  • Traditional undergraduates pursuing individualized majors 3

Libraries (AY2023)

  • Books volumes (print) 6.50 million
  • Microform items 4.27 million
  • Serials received 337,130
  • E-books 2.74 million
  • E-journals 335,914
  • Digitized images 5.19 million
  • Audio/video tapes, CDs, and DVDs 123,868

Campus Size (Fall 2022)

college hall in summer

West Philadelphia campus: 299 acres, 220 buildings (excluding hospital).

new bolton center

New Bolton Center: 694 acres, 114 buildings.

morris arboretum

Morris Arboretum: 92 acres, 32 buildings.

Fundraising (Fiscal Year 2022)

  • Endowment $20.72 billion
  • Voluntary support $710.9 million
  • Contributions given by 148,028 individuals $462.9 million
  • Gifts from foundations and associations $186.0 million
  • Gifts from corporations $98.3 million

Sponsored Projects (Nov. 2022)

  • in Awards $1.47 billion
  • Awards 9,973
  • Projects submitted 4,680
  • Principal investigators that had a submitted project 1,901

Powerful Research (2022)

  • Research centers and institutes 182
  • 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

$63,452

Undergraduate tuition and fees for the academic year 2022-23

$17,888

Room and board fees for the academic year 2022-23

$13.5B

Total university budget (GAAP reporting basis) (fiscal year 2023)

$7.63B

Budgeted payroll (including benefits) (fiscal year 2023)

Community Service

Nearly 14,000 University students, faculty, and staff participate in more than 300 Penn volunteer and community service programs and more than 70 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

University students, faculty, and staff participate in more than 300 Penn volunteer and community service programs and more than 70 academically based community service courses that are taught each year.