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Philadelphia, PA 19104-6303
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University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA - Enrollment, Demographics, Student Costs

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Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)
UndergraduateArts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence
GraduateComprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary
Undergraduate PopulationFull-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in
EnrollmentMajority undergraduate
Size & SettingLarge four-year, highly residential

General Characteristics

Title IV EligibilityParticipates in Title IV federal financial aid programs
Highest offeringDoctoral degree
Calendar SystemSemester
Years of college work requiredN/A
Variable Tuition
Religious AffiliationN/A
Congressional District4202

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force  —   /   / 
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending University of Pennsylvania?
34th for total cost of attendance
  In District In State Out of State
Effective as of 2010-08-04
FT Undergraduate Tuition $34,868 $34,868 $34,868
FT Undergraduate Required Fees $4,102 $4,102 $4,102
PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour $1,232 $1,232 $1,232
FT Graduate Tuition $24,720 $24,720 $24,720
FT Graduate Required Fees $2,074 $2,074 $2,074
PT Graduate per Credit Hour $1,211 $1,211 $1,211
Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus $53,250 $53,250 $53,250
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family $40,060 $40,060 $40,060
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family $40,060 $40,060 $40,060

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Prior year comparison and trends on the cost of attending / attendance cost.
  In District In State Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees $35,916 $37,526 $35,916 $37,526 $35,916 $37,526
  Cost (regardless of residency)
Effective as of 2010-08-04
Books & Supplies $1,000 $1,050
On-Campus – Room & Board $10,208 $10,621
On-Campus – Other Expenses $1,956 $2,102
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board N/A
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses N/A
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board N/A

Admission Details

Effective as of 2010-08-05
Application Fee RequiredN/A
Undergraduate Application Fee$75
Graduate Application Fee$70
First Professional Application FeeN/A
Applicants 22,808 (11,695 male / 11,113 female)
Admitted 4,040 (1,961 male / 2,079 female)
Admission rate 18%
First-time Enrollment 2,475 (1,201 male / 1,274 female)
FT Enrollment 2,475 (1,201 male / 1,274 female)
PT Enrollment N/A (N/A male / N/A female)
Total Enrollment24,599

Admission Criteria

What criteria does University of Pennsylvania use for admissions?  = Required,   = Recommended,   = Neither required nor recommended
Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record  /   / 
College Prep. Completion
Recommendations
Formal competency demoN/A
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other testsN/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does University of Pennsylvania accept?
Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Athletics - Association Memberships

Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships NCAA
NCAA Football Conference Ivy Group
NCAA Basketball Conference Ivy Group
NCAA Baseball Conference Ivy Group
NCAA Track & Field Conference Ivy Group

ACT Test Admission

10th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting ACT results 36%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 30 / 35
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 30 / 35
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 30 / 34

SAT Test Admission

20th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting SAT results 90%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 660 / 750
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 690 / 780
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 1350 / 1530

Student Services

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

Student Living

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity6,819
Meals per Week19
Room Fee$6,936
Board Fee$4,080

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?
 
Total 2,568 796 608 1,872 32 6,554 2,318 14,748
Accounting 4 4 2 4 16 6 36
Accounting and Finance 4 4 20 58 86
Actuarial Science 4 2 2 6 14
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2 10 12
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General (LL 172 2 10 184
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences, Other 2 2
African Studies
African-American/Black Studies 4 4
Anthropology 12 6 6 2 90 20 136
Archeology 4 4
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) 84 10 16 34 120 12 276
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 2 2 4 2 26 8 44
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics 2 8 10
Biochemistry 4 26 20 4 54
Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology 4 2 14 20
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 4 4 2 2 2 42 34 90
Bioinformatics 2 2
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 28 20 8 50 112 24 242
Biomathematics and Bioinformatics, Other 2 2 4 8
Biomedical Sciences, General 4 2 2 30 6 4 48
Biomedical/Medical Engineering 26 14 6 58 64 36 204
Biophysics 4 4
Biostatistics 6 8 8 22
Biotechnology 84 14 24 22 144
Business Administration and Management, General 124 28 18 98 168 136 572
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other 2 2 10 14
Business/Commerce, General 2 2
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology 8 2 8 68 4 90
Chemical Engineering 40 2 2 26 56 8 134
Chemistry, General 40 2 18 92 12 164
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning 14 8 4 16 112 14 168
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 4 2 2 8 30 8 54
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Cognitive Science 2 4 2 16 4 28
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 28 28 26 14 154 46 296
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling 4 26 10 24 42 14 120
Comparative Literature 4 2 22 4 32
Computer Engineering, General 16 4 16 32 10 78
Computer Graphics 26 2 4 6 26 10 74
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications 20 8 4 2 34
Computer and Information Sciences, General 114 4 8 30 42 198
Counseling Psychology 6 2 34 8 50
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 18 6 4 6 68 8 110
Criminology 10 2 28 8 48
Critical Care Nursing 2 2 2 4 34 4 48
Curriculum and Instruction 2 2 4 8
Demography and Population Studies 6 4 2 12
Dentistry (DDS, DMD) 42 14 14 52 122 16 260
Developmental and Child Psychology 8 2 2 12
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 4 4 8
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce 2 2
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 12 2 16 18 48
East Asian Studies 2 4 8 2 16
Economics, General 110 14 16 96 4 168 54 462
Education, General 18 4 4 4 36 12 78
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 2 8 2 28 58 98
Educational Statistics and Research Methods 6 4 10
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 66 2 6 4 18 28 124
Elementary Education and Teaching 6 4 8 50 24 92
Endodontics/Endodontology (Cert 2 4 4 2 12
Engineering, Other 8 4 4 32 38 24 110
English Language and Literature, General 10 28 16 20 180 40 294
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other 6 2 8
English/Language Arts Teacher Education 2 2 2 20 6 32
Environmental Biology 8 8
Environmental Health 2 2 4
Environmental Science 2 6 4 12
Environmental Studies 2 2 2 4 22 8 40
Epidemiology 2 4 2 20 26 6 60
Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner 4 2 32 4 42
Film/Cinema Studies 2 2 4 2 2 24 4 40
Finance, General 494 58 60 318 6 506 206 1,648
Fine/Studio Arts, General 6 16 6 4 54 8 94
Foreign Language Teacher Education 2 8 4 14
French Language and Literature 2 14 6 22
Geography, Other 8 2 8 18
Geological/Geophysical Engineering 2 2
Geology/Earth Science, General 8 6 4 18
German Language and Literature 2 2 12 4 20
Graphic Design 2 2 2 6
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other 6 6 22 34
Health/Health Care Administration/Management 24 10 4 50 70 34 192
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 2 22 6 4 40 56 130
Historic Preservation and Conservation 6 4 4 36 2 52
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 4 4 22 2 32
History, General 22 22 22 8 186 40 300
History, Other 6 6
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General 2 2 4 8
Humanities/Humanistic Studies 2 2
Immunology 2 6 32 40
Insurance 6 6
International Business/Trade/Commerce 2 6 2 6 2 18
International Relations and Affairs 12 4 6 22 62 26 132
International/Global Studies 50 6 14 26 62 40 198
Italian Language and Literature 4 2 6
Jewish/Judaic Studies 10 10
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) 20 2 4 10 34 2 72
Latin American Studies 4 4
Law (LL 20 40 34 56 2 258 106 516
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies 70 10 8 22 80 66 256
Linguistics 10 4 16 2 32
Logic 2 2
Management Information Systems, General 2 2
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other 22 8 4 20 42 16 112
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 54 40 16 62 142 56 370
Materials Engineering 46 2 16 38 14 116
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 4 28 4 36
Mathematics Teacher Education 2 4 4 10
Mathematics, General 22 2 8 42 4 78
Mechanical Engineering 48 6 4 10 62 22 152
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD) 2 4 2 8
Medicine (MD) 2 24 24 60 190 4 304
Music, General 2 4 20 8 34
Natural Resources Management and Policy 2 14 6 22
Neuroscience 12 16 10 58 122 18 236
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management 4 2 22 2 30
Nurse Anesthetist 2 24 4 30
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 2 2 2 18 6 30
Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD) 2 12 2 16
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) 6 14 12 48 194 40 314
Operations Management and Supervision 6 2 4 12 26 14 64
Oral Biology and Oral Pathology (MS, PhD) 14 4 2 4 24
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery (Cert 2 2
Organizational Behavior Studies 8 10 94 112
Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert 2 2
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics (Cert 4 4
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing 4 10 50 6 70
Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert 8 2 2 2 4 18
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 2 4 12 2 20
Pharmacology 10 6 4 18 38
Philosophy 8 2 4 24 16 54
Philosophy, Other 16 14 6 12 4 126 24 202
Physics, General 14 2 6 46 6 74
Political Science and Government, General 22 20 16 30 2 156 58 304
Political Science and Government, Other 2 4 4 10
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2 8 10
Psychology, General 20 12 16 22 156 90 316
Public Administration 10 20 8 4 82 8 132
Public Finance 4 2 2 2 10
Public Health, Other 2 2 4 8 2 18
Public Policy Analysis 2 2 4 2 16 6 32
Reading Teacher Education 4 8 2 2 44 14 74
Real Estate 8 2 10 14 66 12 112
Religion/Religious Studies 4 10 4 18
Retailing and Retail Operations
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other 12 4 20 6 42
Russian Language and Literature
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General 30 10 4 34 40 18 136
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education 2 2 18 8 30
Secondary Education and Teaching 8 30 92 130
Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 8 2 18 28
Social Sciences, General 4 4 8
Social Studies Teacher Education 4 4 8
Social Work 14 46 22 12 218 6 318
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education 2 16 18
Sociology 8 14 4 50 4 80
South Asian Studies 8 4 12
Spanish Language and Literature 2 4 4 8 4 22
Statistics, General 8 6 8 22
Systems Engineering 26 2 4 26 36 24 118
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor 78 12 8 4 102
Urban Studies/Affairs 6 12 10 6 32 10 76
Veterinary Medicine (DVM) 2 6 10 2 190 2 212
Visual and Performing Arts, General 2 12 4 18
Women's Studies 6 6

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

University of Pennsylvania 21st for the average full-time faculty salary.
Effective as of 2010-08-31
Tenure system
Average FT Salary $124,679 ($139,027 male / $99,349 female)
Number of FT Faculty 1,297 (828 male / 469 female)
Number of PT Faculty 1,507
FT Faculty Ratio 0.9 : 1
Total Benefits $48,459,186

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