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University Of Pennsylvania

University Of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania, also known as Penn, is a private university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was established in 1740. It is the first university in America and the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the nation. Penn is also a member of the Ivy League. The university offers a wide variety of degrees and programs through the following academic divisions:

  • Annenberg School for Communication
  • Graduate School of Education
  • Law School
  • School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Dental Medicine
  • School of Design
  • School of Engineering and Applied Science
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Social Policy & Practice
  • School of Veterinary Medicine
  • Wharton School

Penn's sports teams are nicknamed the Quakers. They participate in the Ivy League and Division I (Division I FCS for football) in the NCAA.

Overview of University Of Pennsylvania

University Of Pennsylvania can be found in Philadelphia, PA (a large city). The school is a private, not-for-profit institution. The Doctoral degree is the highest degree at University Of Pennsylvania.

Areas of Study

The school offers a wide range of choices in programs of study. The range of program offerings available from University Of Pennsylvania is especially impressive compared to its number of students. The most common majors at the school are in business and management and real estate and construction management.

University Of Pennsylvania Selectivity

University Of Pennsylvania does not have an open admissions system. Not everyone who applies is accepted. The school turned down 84% of potential students in 2007. Only 25% of students scored 650 or lower in 2007 on the verbal SAT test. Math SAT scores at University Of Pennsylvania centered around 680 to 770, but ranged both higher and lower.

Faculty

A tenure system is one way the school works to keep a high-quality staff. Instructors at University Of Pennsylvania are well-paid.

Student Body

In 2007, 23,980 students were enrolled in the school.

Student Life

Full-time students are the norm at University Of Pennsylvania. Student dorms or apartments are common at the school. University Of Pennsylvania student athletes compete in Ivy Group competitions.

The school reports its educational mission is:
"Mission of the University The University of Pennsylvania's roots are in Philadelphia, the birthplace of American democracy. But Penn's reach spans the globe. Faithful to the vision of the University's founder, Benjamin Franklin, Penn's faculty generate knowledge that is unconstrained by traditional disciplinary boundaries and spans the continuum from fundamental to applied. Through this new knowledge, the University enhances its teaching of both theory and practice, as well as the linkages between them. Penn excels in instruction and research in the arts and sciences and in a wide range of professional disciplines. Penn produces future leaders through excellent programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. Penn inspires, demands, and thrives on excellence, and will measure itself against the best in every field or endeavor in which it participates. Penn is proudly entrepreneurial, dynamically forging new connections and inspiring learning through problem-solving, discovery-oriented approaches. Penn research and teaching encourage lifelong learning relevant to a changing global society. Penn is a major urban university that is committed to strength and vitality in each of its communities. In this connection, Penn will: Encourage, sustain, and reward its faculty; nurture, inspire, and challenge its students; and support and value its staff; Strengthen and appreciate the diversity of its communities; Support free expression, reasoned discourse, and diversity in ideas; Pursue positive connections to the city, state, and region and a mission of service to its neighbors in West Philadelphia; Develop and support its connections to alumni and friends; and Foster the growth of humane values."

More complete details are provided below.

Contacting University Of Pennsylvania

University Of Pennsylvania
1 College Hall 34th and Spruce Sts
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6303
General Phone: (215) 898-5000
http://www.upenn.edu

University Of Pennsylvania Programs and Degrees (2007)

General CategoryDegreesMost Common Majors [see all]
Business And Management1,683finance, business management, marketing, management sciences, sales and marketing, organizational behavior, operations management, accounting and finance, ...
Liberal Arts1,382economics, history, political science, English, liberal arts and sciences, international relations, international studies, sociology, ...
Medicine546medicine, dentistry, neuroscience, veterinary medicine, endodontology, orthodontology, public health courses, periodontics, ...
Science491biology, chemistry, biotechnology, call and molecular biology, biochemistry, physics, biomedical sciences, immunology, ...
Engineering461electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, various engineering courses, systems engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, materials engineering, geological engineering, ...
Education And Teaching440ESL instruction, elementary school teaching, education, higher education administration, educational administration, school counseling, reading teaching, English teaching, ...
Law337law, comparative law, legal professions, advanced legal research
Nursing And Emergency Medicine307registered nursing, pediatric nursing, critical care nursing, neonatal nursing, nurse anesthetist, nurse practitioner, adult health nursing, mental health nursing, ...
Therapy And Counseling288psychology, community health services, medical ethids, cognitive science, clinical social work, child psychology, counseling psychology
Family And Social Work232social work, public administration, public policy analysis
Architecture And Planning219architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture
Computer Science And Engineering163computer and info science, computer engineering, computer networking, computer graphics
Media143communication studies
Religion And Philosophy118general philosophy, philosophy, religion, Jewish studies
Real Estate And Construction Management90real estate
Medical Administration77health care administration, environmental health
Fine Arts73fine arts, art history and criticism
Mathematics46mathematics, statistics
Conservation And Resource Management32environmental studies, natural resources management, environmental science, wetlands management
Security And Law Enforcement20criminology
Photography And Commercial Art7film studies
Music7music
Art Studies6visual and performing arts
Drama And Performing Arts3drama
Design2graphic design

Number of programs and degrees for University Of Pennsylvania in 2007:

Degree LevelTotal
Awarded
Number of
Programs
Master's degree2,996126
Bachelor's degree2,82394
First-professional degree6534
Doctor's degree48371
Postbaccalaureate certificate16712
Post-master's certificate3216
First-professional certificate177
Associate's degree24

University Of Pennsylvania Student Body

In 2007, University Of Pennsylvania had a total enrollment of 23,980 students (21,427 full-time equivalent).

Students in the Freshman Class:

GroupPercent
Men43%
Women57%
Full-Time100%
Part-Time0%

Students By Class:

GroupPercent
Undergraduate47%
Graduate44%
First Professional9%

Racial Diversity:
RacePercent
White44%
Black6%
Hispanic4%
Asian12%
American Indian0%
Unknown19%
(Foreign Students)15%

Students by Age:

AgePercent
Under 181%
18-1919%
20-2121%
22-2417%
25-2923%
30-349%
35-395%
40-493%
50-642%
65+0%

Incoming (Freshman) Students by Place of Residence:
(From available data sampling)

ResidencePercent
Pennsylvania16%
(International Students)15%
New York11%
New Jersey11%
California8%
Maryland3%
Florida3%
Massachusetts3%
Connecticut2%
Texas2%
State unknown2%
Illinois2%
Ohio2%
Virginia2%
Georgia2%
Colorado1%
Michigan1%
Tennessee1%
North Carolina1%
Washington1%
Arizona1%
Wisconsin1%
Alabama1%
Washington, DC1%
Missouri1%

University Of Pennsylvania Graduation, Retention, and Transfers

Retention Rates (2007):

GroupReturning From
Previous Year
Full-Time98 %

University Of Pennsylvania Room and Board (2007)

University Of Pennsylvania offers campus housing for 6,869 of its 21,427 (full-time) students. Freshmen are required to live on campus.

(Please refer to our profile of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for details about the area surrounding the campus. Also see our list of other Pennsylvania Colleges).

The school does not offer students a meal plan.

University Of Pennsylvania Admissions and Selectivity (2007)

Acceptances:

GroupApplicantsAcceptedPercent
Accepted
EnrolledPercent of
Accepted Enrolled
Total22,6453,62816%2,39766%
Men11,6891,81516%1,03557%
Women10,9561,81317%1,36275%

Standardized Test Scores:

Test25th Percentile75th Percetile
SAT Verbal650750
SAT Math680770
SAT Writing660750
ACT Verbal2934
ACT Math2834
ACT Composite2933

Application Requirements:

ItemRequirement
GPArequired
Class Rankrequired
High School Recordrequired
College Prep Programrecommended
Recommendationsrequired
Formal Demonstration of Competencenot required
Standardized Tests (SAT and/or ACT)required
Percent of Applicants Submitting SAT98%
Percent of Applicants Submitting ACT30%
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)recommended

University Of Pennsylvania Expenses and Financial Aid (2007)

Expenses and Financial Aid:

ExpenseAmount
In-state tuition and fees$ 35,916
Out-of-state tuition and fees$ 35,916
Room and board$ 10,208
Room charge$ 6,324
Board (meal plan) charge$ 3,884
Books and supplies$ 1,000
Other expenses$ 1,956

Financial Aid:
University Of Pennsylvania participates in Federal Title IV financial aid programs. (The school's OPE ID is 337800)

University Of Pennsylvania Faculty

University Of Pennsylvania has a tenure system for faculty.

Tenure Status of Faculty (2007):

Full-Time Faculty LevelMenWomen
Tenured927239
Non-tenured, but on tenure track250162
Non-tenured and not on tenure track710370

Salaries for full-time faculty:

Full-Time Faculty (2007):

Full-Time Faculty LevelContract LengthNumber MenAvg Salary MenNumber WomenAvg Salary Women
Professoracademic year474$165,265107$154,385
Associate professoracademic year157$112,47284$98,305
Assistant professoracademic year142$101,490117$89,204
All faculty totalacademic year773$142,827308$114,330

*: salaries are not displayed where there are fewer than 3 professors in the category.

University Of Pennsylvania Athletics

Athletic Conferences:

SportConference
FootballIvy Group
BasketballIvy Group
BaseballIvy Group
TrackIvy Group

University Of Pennsylvania Degree Programs (2007)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES
Visual and Performing Arts, General

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
Accounting
Accounting and Finance
Actuarial Science
Business Administration and Management, General
Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services, Other
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
Finance, General
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
Insurance
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Management Information Systems, General
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
Marketing/Marketing Management, General
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
Operations Management and Supervision
Organizational Behavior Studies
Public Finance
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General
Transportation/Transportation Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Computer Engineering, General
Computer Graphics
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Computer and Information Sciences, General

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Natural Resources Management and Policy
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management

DESIGN
Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

EDUCATION AND TEACHING
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
Curriculum and Instruction
Early Childhood Education and Teaching
Education, General
Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement
Educational Leadership and Administration, General
Educational Statistics and Research Methods
Elementary Education and Teaching
English/Language Arts Teacher Education
Foreign Language Teacher Education
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
Mathematics Teacher Education
Reading Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
Secondary Education and Teaching
Social Studies Teacher Education
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING
Archeology
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering, General
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering, Other
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Geological/Geophysical Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Systems Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK
Public Administration
Public Policy Analysis
Social Work

FINE ARTS
Art History, Criticism and Conservation
Fine/Studio Arts, General

LAW
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD)
Comparative Law (LLM, MCL, JSD/SJD)
Law (LLB, JD)
Legal Professions and Studies, Other

LIBERAL ARTS
African Studies
African-American/Black Studies
American/United States Studies/Civilization
Anthropology
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General
Comparative Literature
Demography and Population Studies
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
East Asian Studies
Economics, General
English Language and Literature, General
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
French Language and Literature
Geography, Other
German Language and Literature
Historic Preservation and Conservation
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
History, General
History, Other
Humanities/Humanistic Studies
International Relations and Affairs
International/Global Studies
Italian Language and Literature
Latin American Studies
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Linguistics
Political Science and Government, General
Political Science and Government, Other
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
Russian Language and Literature
Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
Social Sciences, General
Social Sciences, Other
Sociology
South Asian Studies
Spanish Language and Literature
Urban Studies/Affairs
Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS
Mathematics, General
Statistics, General

MEDIA
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION
Environmental Health
Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICINE
Advanced General Dentistry (Cert, MS, PhD)
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences, Other
Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
Endodontics/Endodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD)
Medicine (MD)
Neuroscience
Oral Biology and Oral Pathology (MS, PhD)
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery (Cert, MS, PhD)
Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics (Cert, MS, PhD)
Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Public Health, Other
Veterinary Medicine (DVM)

MUSIC
Music, General

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Critical Care Nursing
Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
Nurse Anesthetist
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery
Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
Nursing, Other
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART
Film/Cinema Studies

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
Jewish/Judaic Studies
Philosophy
Philosophy, Other
Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE
Biochemistry
Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Bioinformatics
Biology/Biological Sciences, General
Biomathematics and Bioinformatics, Other
Biomedical Sciences, General
Biophysics
Biostatistics
Biotechnology
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
Chemistry, General
Environmental Biology
Epidemiology
Geology/Earth Science, General
Hydrology and Water Resources Science
Immunology
Natural Sciences
Parasitology
Pharmacology
Physics, General

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING
Bioethics/Medical Ethics
Clinical/Medical Social Work
Cognitive Science
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling
Counseling Psychology
Developmental and Child Psychology
Psychology, General

University Of Pennsylvania Highlights

(Details are provided further down on this page.)

What Sets University Of Pennsylvania Apart:

CategoryTrophy 
Number of degree programs
(vs. all colleges)
Top 1%University Of Pennsylvania Number of degree programs
Salaries of full-time faculty
(vs. all colleges)
Top 1%University Of Pennsylvania Salaries of full-time faculty
Student SAT scores
(vs. all colleges)
Top 1%University Of Pennsylvania Student SAT scores
Selectivity (based on % of applicants accepted)
(vs. all colleges)
Top 1%University Of Pennsylvania Selectivity (based on % of applicants accepted)
Number of students
(vs. all colleges)
Top 2%University Of Pennsylvania Number of students
% of degrees in religion and philosophy
(vs. colleges of similar size)
Top 8%University Of Pennsylvania % of degrees in religion and philosophy
% of degrees in medicine
(vs. colleges of similar size)
Top 10%University Of Pennsylvania % of degrees in medicine
% of degrees in architecture and planning
(vs. colleges of similar size)
Top 16%University Of Pennsylvania % of degrees in architecture and planning
Minority % of student body
(for colleges of its size and type)
Top 17%University Of Pennsylvania Minority % of student body
Dorm rooms per full-time student
(vs. all colleges)
Top 18%University Of Pennsylvania Dorm rooms per full-time student
% of accepted students who choose to enroll
(vs. colleges with similar degree levels)
Top 19%University Of Pennsylvania % of accepted students who choose to enroll
% of degrees in real estate and construction management
(vs. colleges with similar degree levels)
Top 19%University Of Pennsylvania % of degrees in real estate and construction management
Faculty/student ratio (full-time)
(vs. colleges of similar size)
Top 19%University Of Pennsylvania Faculty/student ratio (full-time)
% of students from other states
(for colleges of its size and type)
Top 20%University Of Pennsylvania % of students from other states
% of degrees in business and management
(vs. all colleges)
Top 20%University Of Pennsylvania % of degrees in business and management
Explanation of the Highlights categories

Notable:
Accepts some high school credits
Grants credits for AP courses
Offers distance learning
Career counseling
Career services
Student employment services
On-campus day care
Option to study abroad
Offers part-time study
On-campus library
Offers campus housing
Tenure system for quality teaching
Has ROTC (army, navy, air force)
Has hospital on campus
NCAA athletic conference member

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