University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
4.9%
3,570 admitted
SAT · 50th
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6-yr grad
96.9%
Retention 98.6%
Undergrads
10,650
10:1 S-F
Admissions
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4.9%
3,570 admitted
from 72,544 apps
Applications72,544
Overall admit rate4.9%
Enrolled2,420 · 67.8% yield
Admitted from waitlist60 of 3,252
Test scores
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SAT composite · 50th %ile
SAT
255075
R&W740760770
Math770790800
Comp———
ACT
255075
Comp343535
Cost & aid
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$63,204
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$63,204
Fees$8,032
Room & board$19,876
Books$1,412
Academics
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10 : 1
student-faculty ratio
98.6% retention
Student-faculty10 : 1
Retention98.6%
4-year graduation86.5%
6-year graduation96.9%
Enrollment
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10,650
undergraduates
Total undergraduates10,650
Out-of-state82.0%
Rankings
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#1
U.S. News & World Report
Best Undergraduate Business Programs
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Programs#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Finance#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Management#226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Marketing#226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Quantitative Analysis#226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Real Estate#226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Nursing Programs#226
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceThe Ivy League9
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FCS44
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingPennsylvania colleges21
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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$75
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/5 → 5/1
Early decision11/1 → 12/15 · binding
Admissions URLwww.admissions.upenn.edu
Admissions emailinfo@admissions.upenn.edu
Admissions phone215-898-7507
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Harvard University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Harvard University MA · Private (nonprofit)4.2%——
Yale University CT · Private (nonprofit)4.8%15306K
Columbia University NY · Private (nonprofit)3.9%15409K
Princeton University NJ · Private (nonprofit)4.4%15305K
Duke University NC · Private (nonprofit)5.2%15506K
Cornell University NY · Private (nonprofit)8.4%153016K
Northwestern University IL · Private (nonprofit)7.7%15409K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — University of Pennsylvania

17 years of University of Pennsylvania's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.