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.
Facts
The University of Pennsylvania by the numbers: enrollment, tuition, employment, faculty size, annual budget, and more.
Students (Fall 2024)
24,219
4,890
29,109
10,497
13,722
Undergraduate Admissions (Fall 2024)
Penn received 65,236 applications for admission to the Class of 2028. Of those applicants, 3,523, or 5 percent, were offered admission. Ninety-two percent of the students admitted for Fall 2024 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
2,395
Undergraduate Graduation Rate
97%
94%
93%
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.
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Internationalism (Fall 2023)
A total of 15,727 international students applied for admission to Penn’s undergraduate schools for Fall 2024 and 439 (2.8 percent) received admissions offers. Thirteen percent of the first-year class is international students. Penn had 6,903 international students enrolled at all levels in Fall 2024.
Study Abroad
1st
36th
1,459
49
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.
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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.
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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 2023-24 academic year, there were 2,661 team members participating in 16 leagues and tournaments. 1,207 students were members of 36 active club sports.
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Faculty (Fall 2024)
- Standing 2,944
- Associated 2,883
- Total 5,827
- Academic Support Staff 2,074
- The student-faculty ratio 8:1
Members of distinction of the faculty, active and emeritus
- Members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences 116
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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:
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MacArthur Award recipients
9 - National Medal of Science recipient 1
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Nobel Prize recipients
2 - Pulitzer Prize recipients 3
Staff (as of November 2024)
- Total regular workforce of faculty and staff 21,028
- University of Pennsylvania Health System workforce, including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 34,447
- House staff of the University of Pennsylvania Health System 1,515
Academics
- Total undergraduate majors currently being pursued 100 (Fall 2024)
- Traditional undergraduates pursuing individualized majors 3
Libraries (AY2025)
- Books volumes (print) 6.80 million
- Microform items 4.27 million
- Serials received 365,639
- E-books 3.15 million
- E-journals 364,883
- Digitized images 5.70 million
- Audio/video tapes, CDs, and DVDs 127,484
Campus Size (Fall 2024)
West Philadelphia campus: 299 acres, 222 buildings (excluding hospital).
New Bolton Center: 684 acres, 123 buildings.
Morris Arboretum: 92 acres, 32 buildings.
Fundraising (Fiscal Year 2024)
- Endowment $22.35 billion
- Voluntary support $751.9 million
- Contributions given by 118,692 individuals $240.1 million
- Gifts from foundations and associations $432.2 million
- Gifts from corporations $79.6 million
Sponsored Projects (Nov. 2024) reflects FY2023-24 data
- in Awards $1.36 billion
- Awards 10,196
- Projects submitted 4,880
- Principal investigators that had a submitted project 1,962
Powerful Research (2025)
- Research centers and institutes 214
- Research faculty 5,800
- Postdoctoral fellows 1,390
- Academic support staff and graduate student trainees 6,400
- Research budget $1.45 billion
Tuition, Annual Budget, and Payroll
$68,686
$19,174
$15.7B
$8.87B
Community Service
The University of Pennsylvania has more than 70 academically based community service courses that are taught each year. The courses enroll approximately 1,800 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
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.