University of Pennsylvania Business Programs

Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

University of Pennsylvania Rankings

We have ranked UPenn as #13 out of 1,477 colleges and universities in the country in our 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! UPenn also holds the #2 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

UPenn has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#4	Best Business Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Business Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#19	Best Business Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UPenn.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Entrepreneurial Studies Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best International Business Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UPenn has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Real Estate Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Finance & Financial Management Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Entrepreneurial Studies Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#2	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#18	Best Schools	Course Advisor

Where Is University of Pennsylvania?

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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/pages/Philadelphia-PA/University-of-Pennsylvania/98508878775
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/Penn

How Do I Get Into UPenn?

You can apply to UPenn online at: www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for UPenn

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into UPenn?

With an acceptance rate of 9%, UPenn is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 8%, and the acceptance rate for women is 10%.

Average Test Scores

About 65% 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 710 and 770. Math scores were between 750 and 800.

UPenn received ACT scores from 35% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 34 and 36. Math scores were between 31 and 35. Composite scores were between 33 and 35.

Can I Afford University of Pennsylvania?

The overall average net price of UPenn is $59,061. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UPenn, approximately 12% of students took out student loans averaging $10,681 a year. That adds up to $42,724 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UPenn is 0.9%. 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.

University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 11,155 undergraduate students at UPenn, with 9,960 being full-time and 1,195 being part-time.

There are also 15,397 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,960 full-time undergraduates at UPenn, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Pennsylvania students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2,438
Black or African American	758
Hispanic or Latino	1,028
White	3,618
International Students	1,288
Other Races/Ethnicities	830

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at University of Pennsylvania. At this time, 49 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 138 countries are represented at UPenn. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at University of Pennsylvania

In 2019-2020, 22,488 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UPenn has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 21st most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of UPenn Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of Pennsylvania was $60,042 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how UPenn is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Management Science	#31	#31
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#37	#37
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#51	#51

Online Growth Rankings of UPenn

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Pennsylvania was 447.0%. This is the #153 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at UPenn regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UPenn ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at UPenn.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Management Science	#3
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#5
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#6
Human Resource Management	#7
Organizational Behavior Studies	#7
Business Administration & Management	#58

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of Pennsylvania Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Finance	0	353	0	303	2	658
General Business Administration and Management	0	149	0	375	3	527
Management Science	0	137	0	219	0	356
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	0	197	0	24	27	248
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	0	67	0	144	5	216
Entrepreneurship	0	0	0	204	0	204
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	72	0	68	4	144
Real Estate	0	31	25	26	0	82
Organizational Behavior Studies	7	2	0	50	0	59
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	2	55	0	57
Accounting	0	19	0	20	1	40
Interior Design Management	0	0	0	35	0	35
General Business/Commerce	0	30	0	2	0	32
General Economics	0	25	0	0	0	25
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	0	0	4	0	4
Actuarial Science	0	4	0	0	0	4
Accounting and Finance	0	0	0	0	0	0
E-Commerce	0	0	0	0	0	0
Operations Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transportation/Mobility Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public Finance	0	0	0	0	0	0
Insurance	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	0	0	0	0	0	0
Applied Economics	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	7	1,086	27	1,529	42	2,691

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.