University of Pennsylvania: Acceptance Rates & Statistics

UPenn Early Admissions

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The University of Pennsylvania Penn received a record high 8,500 early applications to the Class of 2028. They will accept an estimated 14 percent of early applications. Last year, they received about 8,000 early decision applications for the Class of 2027, but did not report its admission rate. Penn received 7,795 early decision applications for the Class of 2026 and admitted 1,218 students under the Early Decision program for a 15.6 percent admit rate.

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University of Pennsylvania Regular Decision

Of the announced 59,000 students who applied to Penn’s Class of 2027 in the early and regular rounds, we estimate that about 3,300 were admitted, leading to an overall acceptance rate of below 6 percent. Penn announced that about 8,000 students applied through the early decision round but did not disclose the admissions’ rate.

Last year, 54,588 students applied to Penn’s Class of 2026. In the previous year. 3,304 were admitted to the Class of 2025, leading to an overall acceptance rate of 5.87 percent. 

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