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University of Pennsylvania

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid −$3,012 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $89,028.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $111,371 ten years after entering, the 99th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years.

  3. 97% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1740
Enrollment, 2023
32,205
Website
upenn.edu
Campus of University of Pennsylvania

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The University of Pennsylvania is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of founder and first president Benjamin Franklin, who advocated for an educational institution that trained leaders in academia, commerce, and public service.

From the Wikipedia article “University of Pennsylvania”, revision 1364375497, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $89,028 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between −$3,012 and $55,972 a year depending on income at University of Pennsylvania.

Statement of cost · University of Pennsylvania

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$89,028
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
−$3,012
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$28,699
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$68,686

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: −$3,012; $30–48k: $316; $48–75k: $10,439; $75–110k: $25,476; over $110k: $55,972. Shaded band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years, from $17,360 to $28,210; dotted line at the median, $22,313.
  • Shaded: the middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes), $17,360 to $28,210. Dotted line: the median, $22,313.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k−$3,012
$30k–$48k$316
$48k–$75k$10,439
$75k–$110k$25,476
Over $110k$55,972

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

A negative figure is reported as is: on average, grants and aid exceeded the listed cost.

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $111,371; the median graduate who borrowed owes $15,715.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$90,555
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$100,118
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
99th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
$111,371
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
11th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
$15,715
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$14,000

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of private nonprofit 4-years at 10 years: $43,845 to $62,830.

6 yrs after entry: $90,555; 8 yrs after entry: $100,118; 10 yrs after entry: $111,371. Median graduate debt: $15,715. Shaded band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years at 10 years, from $43,845 to $62,830; dotted line at the median, $52,889.
  • Shaded: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years, 10 years out ($43,845 to $62,830); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $15,715.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$90,555
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$100,118
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$111,371
Median graduate debt$15,715

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at University of Pennsylvania
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralMaster's Degree694$279,525not reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree581$253,891not reported
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree348$265,790not reported
Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsMaster's Degree330$239,096not reported
Data AnalyticsBachelor's Degree261not reportednot reported
LawFirst Professional Degree248$290,543not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree241$136,122not reported
EconomicsBachelor's Degree238$152,236$14,000
Social WorkMaster's Degree225$66,376not reported
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsBachelor's Degree200not reported$15,750
Architectural Sciences and TechnologyMaster's Degree196$69,629not reported
Computer ScienceMaster's Degree194not reportednot reported
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Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree183$114,013$24,945
Data AnalyticsMaster's Degree182not reportednot reported
PhilosophyBachelor's Degree180not reported$18,500
DentistryFirst Professional Degree180not reportednot reported
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree177$298,016$15,000
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree171$78,245$14,047
Public AdministrationMaster's Degree168$114,068not reported
Education, GeneralMaster's Degree159$76,962not reported
Finance and Financial Management ServicesMaster's Degree92$384,547not reported
MarketingMaster's Degree83$235,674not reported
International/Globalization StudiesMaster's Degree76$279,784not reported
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherMaster's Degree22$284,073not reported
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral SciencesUndergraduate Certificate or Diplomanot reported$224,402not reported
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyMaster's Degree33$181,545not reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

University of Pennsylvania: 10,650 undergraduates; 17% of students receive Pell grants; 5% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

5%

1st percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Undergraduates

10,650

98th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Pell share

17%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

14th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Completion

97%

finish within 150% of normal time

98th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

First-generation

19%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$39,832

45th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k25%
  • $30k–$48k16%
  • $48k–$75k14%
  • $75k–$110k10%
  • Over $110k34%
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k25%
$30k–$48k16%
$48k–$75k14%
$75k–$110k10%
Over $110k34%

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 8,617 people who studied at University of Pennsylvania, most often in science & academia (56%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 56% (4,691 people); medicine 3.3% (281 people); law 3.3% (276 people); politics & gov 5.0% (421 people); business 3.4% (287 people); engineering & tech 3.5% (293 people); writing & journalism 7.5% (633 people); film & stage 2.1% (178 people); music 1.6% (131 people); visual arts 3.5% (296 people); sports 9.3% (778 people); religion 0.9% (77 people); military 0.9% (73 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia4,69155.8%
medicine2813.3%
law2763.3%
politics & gov4215.0%
business2873.4%
engineering & tech2933.5%
writing & journalism6337.5%
film & stage1782.1%
music1311.6%
visual arts2963.5%
sports7789.3%
religion770.9%
military730.9%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (2,589) · university teacher (1,022) · basketball player (541) · writer (357) · politician (356) · economist (315) · historian (238) · lawyer (236)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 3% for the 1840s to 39% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 13 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1710snot reported3not reported
1720snot reported1not reported
1730snot reported11not reported
1740snot reported23not reported
1750snot reported12not reported
1760snot reported11not reported
1770snot reported23not reported
1780snot reported17not reported
1790snot reported28not reported
1800snot reported21not reported
1810snot reported27not reported
1820snot reported29not reported
1830snot reported36not reported
1840s1343%
1850s63714%
1860s117413%
1870s121219%
1880s121418%
1890s1713012%
1900s3217316%
1910s3115716%
1920s3825713%
1930s5327316%
1940s13133028%
1950s15334031%
1960s12123934%
1970s9514639%
1980s5311532%
1990s203338%
2000s375739%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 182,988 in 2016-11.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0653,437
2026-0553,417
2026-0462,170
2026-0362,647
2026-0253,502
2026-0170,380
2025-1272,140
2025-1166,273
2025-1067,898
2025-0968,509
2025-0864,092
2025-0771,184
2025-0665,253
2025-0584,880
2025-0490,984
2025-03109,099
2025-0296,405
2025-01117,750
2024-12113,975
2024-11133,448
2024-1092,349
2024-0980,531
2024-0878,601
2024-0784,564
2024-0665,147
2024-0583,332
2024-0475,951
2024-0382,906
2024-0273,029
2024-0193,768
2023-12121,957
2023-1181,828
2023-1086,413
2023-0981,706
2023-0885,743
2023-0790,174
2023-0688,499
2023-0585,819
2023-0496,267
2023-0398,324
2023-0279,060
2023-01100,825
2022-1288,149
2022-11105,815
2022-1094,138
2022-0983,373
2022-0884,866
2022-0786,486
2022-0681,797
2022-05101,586
2022-04135,029
2022-0392,094
2022-0281,528
2022-0194,067
2021-1294,372
2021-1190,441
2021-1080,291
2021-0978,036
2021-0871,978
2021-0774,449
2021-0659,350
2021-0576,647
2021-0472,978
2021-0375,467
2021-0277,210
2021-01124,411
2020-1293,900
2020-11126,997
2020-1094,730
2020-0975,493
2020-0885,606
2020-0787,165
2020-0676,604
2020-05112,515
2020-0492,974
2020-0390,649
2020-0272,543
2020-0177,089
2019-1278,660
2019-1178,623
2019-1077,700
2019-0972,936
2019-0868,986
2019-0765,068
2019-0657,953
2019-0571,650
2019-0471,267
2019-0383,344
2019-0264,283
2019-0179,586
2018-1290,249
2018-1196,863
2018-1081,508
2018-0982,661
2018-0872,701
2018-0767,075
2018-0661,959
2018-0579,520
2018-0481,445
2018-0395,224
2018-0275,879
2018-0176,356
2017-1270,512
2017-1172,974
2017-1077,219
2017-0965,462
2017-0866,075
2017-0765,634
2017-0663,282
2017-0576,301
2017-0481,902
2017-0391,392
2017-0294,391
2017-01133,014
2016-1290,511
2016-11182,988
2016-10116,962
2016-09102,410
2016-0876,966
2016-0798,047
2016-0664,438
2016-0571,926
2016-0478,542
2016-03102,772
2016-0268,378
2016-0176,366
2015-1282,063
2015-1173,469
2015-1076,581
2015-0972,383
2015-0873,940
2015-0765,794

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • Christian B. Anfinsen Chemistry 1972
  • Lawrence Klein Economics 1980
  • Ahmed Zewail Chemistry 1999
  • Hideki Shirakawa Chemistry 2000
  • Edmund Phelps Economics 2006
  • George E. Smith Physics 2009
Show all 8
  • Ei-ichi Negishi Chemistry 2010
  • Thomas J. Sargent Economics 2011

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 15 portraits

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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