by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of Pennsylvania was awarded 455 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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College Factual ranked UPenn as #5 out of 2,198 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation!
Out of the 127 colleges in Pennsylvania, UPenn is ranked at #1.
Even if you have the best grades and high test scores, that may not be enough to get into UPenn since the school has one of the most selective in the country. Its acceptance rate is a mere 7%, so there's no shame if you don't get in. Be sure to apply to other schools just in case.
About 48% of students accepted to UPenn submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 730 and 770. Math scores were between 770 and 800.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at UPenn it is much better at 8 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Pennsylvania is 76%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 98% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Pennsylvania enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At UPenn the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 86%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,155 undergraduates at UPenn with 9,960 being full-time and 1,195 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $344 | $4,611 | $11,544 | $22,549 | $48,881 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UPenn, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UPenn, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $12,499 a year. That adds up to $49,996 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UPenn is 2.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UPenn are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 34Th & Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6303 |
| Phone: | 215-898-5000 |
| Website: | www.upenn.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Information Systems | 728 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 657 | NA |
| Nursing | 551 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 481 | NA |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 459 | NA |
| Economics | 281 | NA |
| Law | 264 | NA |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 247 | NA |
| Computer Science | 215 | NA |
| Philosophy | 209 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 3,919 students took at least one online class at University of Pennsylvania. This is a decrease from the 5,564 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,919 | 2,733 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,564 | 2,890 |
| 2020-2021 | 22,488 | 17,087 |
| 2018-2019 | 585 | 326 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Pennsylvania.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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