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24,331
Full-time
5,053
Part-time
29,384
Total Students
10,325
Full-time Undergraduate
14,006
Full-time Graduate/Professional
Undergraduate Admissions (Fall 2025)
Penn received
72,544
applications for admission to the Class of 2029. Of those applicants,
3,570
, or 5 percent, were offered admission. Ninety-five percent of the students admitted for Fall 2025 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: 740 to 770, with a median of 760
SAT Math component: 770 to 800, with a median of 790
Admissions
2,420
Students matriculated into this year's freshman class.
97%
6-year graduation rate for Penn undergraduates.
95%
6-year graduation rate for Penn undergraduates who are underrepresented minorities.
95%
6-year graduation rate for recipients of Pell grants.
Penn salutes graduates at University’s 269th Commencement
Actor, director, producer, and Penn alumna Elizabeth Banks delivered the Commencement address to around 6,000 graduates on Monday, May 19, at Franklin Field.
Internationalism (Fall 2025)
A total of
17,882
international students applied for admission to Penn’s undergraduate schools for Fall 2025 and
441 (2.5 percent)
received admissions offers. Thirteen percent of the first-year class is international students. Penn had
6,785
international students enrolled at all levels in Fall 2025.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS
Of the international students enrolled in the Class of 2029
18%
from Africa and the Middle East.
35%
from Asia.
4%
from Australia and the Pacific.
13%
from Canada and Mexico.
11%
from Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
20%
from Europe.
1st
among the Ivy League schools in number of students studying abroad.
34th
nationwide among doctoral/research institutions in number of students studying abroad (Institute of International Education, 2025).
1,624
Penn US Citizen and Permanent Resident students participated in study abroad programs for academic credit in 2023-2024.
68
countries in which Penn undergraduate and graduate/professional students earned academic credit in academic year 2023-2024.
International Programs
Penn Today
Penn Dental on Cedar bridges medicine and dentistry, lightens ER demands
Penn Dental Medicine at PHMC on Cedar is one of five community care programs the School of Dental Medicine operates. At Penn Dental on Cedar, part of the mission is to integrate dental and medical care.
Undergraduate School Populations (Fall 2025)
The College of Arts and Sciences
7,212
School of Engineering and Applied Science
1,782
School of Nursing
401
The Wharton School
1,841
Graduate School Populations (Fall 2025)
Annenberg School for Communication
69
School of Arts and Sciences
2,112
School of Dental Medicine
852
Weitzman School of Design
714
Graduate School of Education
1,707
School of Engineering and Applied Science
5,139
Carey Law School
970
Perelman School of Medicine
2,164
School of Nursing
798
School of Social Policy & Practice
493
School of Veterinary Medicine
607
The Wharton School
2,523
Foraging patterns and preferences of local honeybees
A new Penn Vet study aims to shed light on honeybees’ foraging habits, with an eye toward aiding their survival.
Athletics and Recreation
A charter member of the Ivy League, Penn offers varsity intercollegiate competition for men in 17 sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, fencing, football, sprint football, golf, lacrosse, heavyweight rowing, lightweight rowing, soccer, squash, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track, outdoor track, and wrestling. It offers varsity intercollegiate competition for women in 16 sports: 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 2024-25 academic year, there were 2,734 team members participating in 30 leagues and tournaments. 1,166 students were members of 35 active club sports.
Athletics
Recreation
2,734
team members participating in 30 leagues and tournaments.
Quakers notch a number of noteworthy performances at Penn Relays
The 129th running of the Penn Relays was held Thursday to Saturday at Franklin Field. The three-day extravaganza features nearly 20,000 athletes of all levels.
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Faculty (Fall 2025)
Standing
2,995
Associated
3,054
Total
6,049
Academic Support Staff
2,151
The student-faculty ratio (Fall 2024)
8:1
Members of distinction of the faculty, active and emeritus
Members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences
121
Members of the National Academy of Medicine
135
Members of the National Academy of Sciences
55
Members of the American Philosophical Society
40
Guggenheim Fellowships
187
Members of the National Academy of Engineering
17
The faculty is home to:
MacArthur Award recipients
National Medal of Science recipient
Nobel Prize recipients
Pulitzer Prize recipients
Staff (as of November 2025)
Total regular workforce of faculty and staff
21,045
University of Pennsylvania Health System workforce, including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
45,461
House staff of the University of Pennsylvania Health System
1,614
Academics
Total undergraduate majors currently being pursued
90 (Fall 2025)
Libraries (AY2026)
Books volumes (print)
6.94 million
Microform items
4.27 million
Serials received
380,930
E-books
3.46 million
E-journals
377,832
Digitized images
5.95 million
Audio/video tapes, CDs, and DVDs
184,044
West Philadelphia campus: 299 acres, 225 buildings (excluding hospital)
New Bolton Center: 679 acres, 123 buildings
Morris Arboretum: 92 acres, 33 buildings
Fundraising (Fiscal Year 2025)
Endowment
$24.81 billion
Voluntary support
$709.9 million
Contributions given by 108,365 individuals
$254.6 million
Gifts from foundations and associations
$384.6 million
Gifts from corporations
$70.6 million
Sponsored Projects (Nov. 2025) reflects FY2024-25 data
in Awards
$1.34 billion
Awards
10,075
Projects submitted
4,726
Principal investigators that had a submitted project
1,935
Powerful Research (2026)
Research centers and institutes
209
Research faculty
6,000 +
Postdoctoral fellows
1,350
Academic support staff and graduate student trainees
6,400
Research budget
$1.33 billion
$71,236
Undergraduate tuition and fees for the academic year 2025-26
$19,876
Room and board fees for the academic year 2025-26
$17.7B
Total university budget (GAAP reporting basis) (fiscal year 2026)
$9.69B
Budgeted payroll (including benefits) (fiscal year 2026)
Community Service
The University of Pennsylvania has
more than 120 academically based community service courses that are taught each year. The courses enroll approximately 1,060 undergraduate and graduate Penn students 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 120 academically based community service courses that are taught each year.
A summer of student enrichment, from big ideas to bold beats
The Netter Center for Community Partnerships finished its summer of programming for West Philadelphia students, impacting 640 students and six University-Assisted Community Schools.