University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · Northeast
- Acceptance rate
- 5.4%
- SAT mid-50
- 1510-1570
- Cost after aid
- $28,699
- Graduation rate
- 97%
Application deadlines
Official 2026-2027 cycle deadlines for University of Pennsylvania.
| Plan | Deadline |
|---|---|
Early Decision I | Nov 1, 2026 |
Regular Decision | Jan 5, 2027 |
What University of Pennsylvania says matters
How University of Pennsylvania rates each admissions factor in its Common Data Set, with the full published numbers below.
- Acceptance rate
- 5.4%
- 3,523 of 65,236
- Yield
- 68%
- 2,395 enrolled
- SAT mid-50
- 1510-1570
- ACT mid-50
- 34-36
- CDS year
- 2024-25
Acceptance rate by gender
- Men
- 5.4%1,634 of 30,339
- Women
- 5.4%1,889 of 34,887
Very important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Academic GPA
- Application essay
- Recommendations
Important
- Class rank
Considered
- Standardized test scores
The full Common Data Set
Every figure University of Pennsylvania published for 2024-25, section by section.
First-Time, First-Year Admission55
Applications
- Total first-time, first-year men who applied
- 30,339
- Total first-time, first-year women who applied
- 34,887
- Total first-time, first-year unknown gender who applied
- 10
- Total first-time, first-year men who were admitted
- 1,634
- Total first-time, first-year women who were admitted
- 1,889
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year men who enrolled
- 1,108
- Total first-time, first-year students who applied
- 65,236
- Total first-time, first-year students who were admitted
- 3,523
- Total first-time, first-year students who enrolled
- 2,395
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- 5,219
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 440
- Total first-time, first-year who enrolled
- 348
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- 44,290
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 2,644
- Total first-time, first-year who enrolled
- 1,733
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- 15,727
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 439
- Total first-time, first-year who enrolled
- 314
Admissions Requirements
- Total academic units
- 20
- English
- 4
- Mathematics
- 4
- Science
- 4
- Of these, units that must be lab
- 3
- Foreign language
- 4
- Social studies
- 2
- History
- 2
Basis for Selection
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very Important
- Class rank
- Important
- Academic GPA
- Very Important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
- Application Essay
- Very Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very Important
First-time, first-year Profile
- Submitting SAT Scores
- 0.5
- Submitting ACT Scores
- 0.17
- Submitting SAT Scores
- 1
- Submitting ACT Scores
- 416
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 25th Percentile
- 740
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 50th Percentile
- 760
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 75th Percentile
- 770
- SAT Math: 25th Percentile
- 770
- SAT Math: 50th Percentile
- 790
- SAT Math: 75th Percentile
- 800
- ACT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 34%
- ACT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 35%
- ACT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 36%
- ACT Math: 25th Percentile
- 34%
- ACT Math: 50th Percentile
- 35%
- ACT Math: 75th Percentile
- 36%
- ACT English: 25th Percentile
- 35%
- ACT English: 50th Percentile
- 35%
- ACT English: 75th Percentile
- 36%
- Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who submitted GPA:
- 3.9
Admission Policies
- Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall?
- Yes
- Does your institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year applicants for fall enrollment?
- Yes
- Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college?
- Yes
Transfer Admission25
Fall Applicants
- Does your institution enroll transfer students? (If no, please skip to Section E)
- Yes
- Men
- 2,509
- Women
- 2,007
- Unknown
- 4,521
- Total
- 67
- Men
- 78
- Another Gender
- 145
- Unknown
- 46
- Total
- 54
- Women
- 100
Application for Admission
- Must a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering first-year student?
- Yes
- High school transcript
- Required of Some
- College transcript(s)
- Required of All
- Essay or personal statement
- Not Required
- Interview
- Not Required
- Standardized test scores
- Not Required
- Statement of good standing from prior institution(s)
- Not Required
- List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants:
- https://admissions.upenn.edu/how-to-apply/transfer-applicants/requirements-deadlines
- Fall
- 3
- Winter
- 15
- Does an open admission policy, if reported, apply to transfer students?
- No
Transfer Credit Policies
- Number
- 16
- Unit Type
- course
- Number
- 16
- Unit Type
- course
Student Life16
Percent Participating
- Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)
- 83%
- Percent of men who join fraternities
- 0
- Percent of women who join sororities
- 0
- Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing
- 100%
- Percent who live off campus or commute
- 0
- Percent of students age 25 and older
- 0
- Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)
- 82%
- Percent of men who join fraternities
- 19%
- Percent of women who join sororities
- 17%
- Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing
- 52%
- Percent who live off campus or commute
- 45%
- Percent of students age 25 and older
- 0
Average Age
- Average age of full-time students
- 19
- Average age of all students (full- and part-time)
- 19
- Average age of full-time students
- 20
- Average age of all students (full- and part-time)
- 20
Annual Expenses5
Information
- Please provide the URL of your institution’s net price calculator:
- https://npc.collegeboard.org/app/upenn
- If your institution's 2025-2026 academic year costs of attendance are not available at this time please respond.
- Maximum
- Please provide an approximate date (i.e., month/day) when your institution's final 2025-2026 academic year costs of attendance will be available:
- No
Credits per Term
- Minimum
- 2
Tuition Policies
- Do tuition and fees vary by undergraduate instructional program?
- No
Financial Aid1
Graduating Cohort
- Provide the number of students in the 2024 undergraduate class who started at your institution as first-time students and received a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. Exclude students who transferred into your institution.
- 2,457
Disciplinary Areas of Degrees Conferred22
Diploma/Certificates
- Architecture
- 0
- TOTAL (should = 100%)
- 100%
Associate
- TOTAL (should = 100%)
- 100%
Bachelors
- Natural resources and conservation
- 1
- Architecture
- 4
- Area, ethnic, and gender studies
- 0
- Communication/journalism
- 2
- Computer and information sciences
- 9
- Engineering
- 8
- Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics
- 1
- English
- 1
- Biological/life sciences
- 14
- Mathematics and statistics
- 2
- Interdisciplinary studies
- 4
- Philosophy and religious studies
- 7
- Physical sciences
- 3
- Psychology
- 2
- Public administration and social services
- 0
- Social sciences
- 13
- Transportation and materials moving
- 2
- History
- 1
- Other
- 100
Enrollment And Persistence89
Institutional Enrollment
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: men
- 1,283
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: women
- 4,118
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: another gender
- 4,118
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: women
- 1,283
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: another gender
- 4,118
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: unknown
- 4,118
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: women
- 24,023
Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category
- Nonresidents
- 309
- Hispanic/Latino
- 271
- Black or African American, non-Hispanic
- 206
- White, non-Hispanic
- 525
- American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
- 8
- Asian, non-Hispanic
- 753
- Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
- 1
- Two or more races, non-Hispanic
- 126
- Race and/or ethnicity unknown
- 194
- TOTAL
- 2,393
- Black or African American, non-Hispanic
- 876
- White, non-Hispanic
- 2,583
- American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
- 15
- Asian, non-Hispanic
- 2,964
- Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
- 2
- Two or more races, non-Hispanic
- 537
- Race and/or ethnicity unknown
- 546
- TOTAL
- 10,013
Persistence
- Bachelor's degrees
- 2,634
- Master's degrees
- 4,473
- Doctoral degrees – research/scholarship
- 595
- Doctoral degrees – professional practice
- 844
Graduation Rates
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 317
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 106
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 2,037
- Total
- 2,460
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 1
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 1
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 317
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 106
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 2,036
- Total
- 2,459
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 270
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 89
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 1,767
- Total
- 2,126
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 20
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 11
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 172
- Total
- 203
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 4
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 1
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 40
- Total
- 45
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 294
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 101
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 1,979
- Total
- 2,374
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 92.7
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 95.3
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 97.2
- Total
- 96.5
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 317
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 113
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 1,984
- Total
- 2,414
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 1
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 1
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 317
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 113
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 1,983
- Total
- 2,413
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 268
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 101
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 1,755
- Total
- 2,124
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 28
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 4
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 153
- Total
- 185
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 5
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 3
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 18
- Total
- 26
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 301
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 108
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 1,926
- Total
- 2,335
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 95
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 95.6
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 97.1
- Total
- 96.8
Instructional Faculty And Class Size1
Student to Faculty Ratio
- based on ____ students
- 9,987
About University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania is a mid-sized private university in Philadelphia, PA, in a city setting.
What University of Pennsylvania looks for
Acceptance is roughly 5%, so admitted students nearly always have stats above the bottom of the mid-50. That said, stats alone do not get anyone in here. The applications that work read as coherent applicants with a clear academic and personal narrative more than as resumes. Admissions officers are reading for specifics: what you actually did, what you cared enough to follow through on, and how you write when you sound like yourself rather than a candidate.
Frequently asked
What SAT score do I need for University of Pennsylvania?
University of Pennsylvania's middle 50% SAT range is 1510 to 1570. A score in or above that band keeps you in the conversation; below it, the rest of your application has to do more work.
What ACT score do I need for University of Pennsylvania?
Middle 50% ACT range is 34 to 36. The top of that range or above is what most admitted students submit when they choose to send a score.
What is the acceptance rate at University of Pennsylvania?
University of Pennsylvania admits roughly 5% of applicants. That makes it a reach for nearly everyone, regardless of stats.
What does University of Pennsylvania actually cost after financial aid?
Average net cost (after institutional aid) is about $28,699 per year. Net cost varies enormously by family income; run the school's net price calculator for an estimate that reflects your situation.
Is University of Pennsylvania a reach, match, or safety for me?
Compare your stats to the middle 50% above. If you are at or below the 25th percentile, treat University of Pennsylvania as a reach. If you are in the middle 50%, it is a match. Above the 75th percentile and the school accepts above 25% overall, it is closer to a safety. Selectivity below 20% should be treated as a reach for everyone, period.
