University of Pennsylvania is one of more than 800 institutions with graduate schools surveyed by U.S. News on an annual basis. University of Pennsylvania confers degrees through various schools, such as: the Wharton School, the Perelman School of Medicine, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Nursing, and the School of Education as well as a law school.
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The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) offers these departments and concentrations: accounting, e-commerce, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics, finance, general management, health care administration, human resources management, insurance, international business, marketing, production/operations management, public policy, real estate, and quantitative analysis/statistics and operations research. Its tuition is full-time: $80,432 per year. At graduation, 81 percent of graduates of the full-time program are employed.
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania was the U.S.’s first business school and now has the largest alumni network in the country.
In addition to graduate business degrees, students can pursue joint degrees, including an accelerated MBA/J.D. degree in three years in conjunction with the Penn Law School; an MBA/M.A. degree in International Studies; and joint degree programs through the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Students can also earn a Ph.D. at Wharton, typically in four to five years, in nine areas including ethics & legal studies, statistics and applied economics.
Students learn how to handle stress, make critical decisions and lead a team outside the classroom on outdoor trips called Ventures. Whether students are mountaineering on Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro, trekking through Antarctica or sailing in Grenada, they put their leadership skills to the test during the weeklong trips. For leadership training closer to home, students can get hands-on experience in about 25 research centers on campus and have close to 150 organizations to get involved in.
The school has campuses in Philadelphia and San Francisco. Students at the Philadelphia campus can live in University City, an area also home to Drexel University and the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
There are close to 90,000 alumni worldwide, and some of the most notable graduates are John Sculley, former CEO of Apple Inc.; Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn; and J.D. Power III, founder of J.D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information firm.
The law school at University of Pennsylvania (Carey) has an application deadline of March 1. The full-time program application fee at the law school at University of Pennsylvania (Carey) is $80. Its tuition is full-time: $68,130. The student-faculty ratio is 4.7:1.
At the University of Pennsylvania, professional students can put a cross-disciplinary slant on their education. Penn Law students can enroll in courses in other academic departments, and other professional school students can take Penn Law courses, too.
With a few additional courses, students can create an area of specialization by earning a certificate in areas like East Asian Studies or Gender and Sexuality Studies. Law students can also earn an additional degree in three years, completing both a J.D. and another degree, including an M.B.A. through The Wharton School, a master’s in bioethics through the School of Medicine, or a master of City & Regional Planning through the School of Design.
The law school is housed in several buildings on the Penn campus in University City, Philadelphia, which allows for a quick trip to other professional school buildings. Law students can apply for on-campus housing. For trips further afield, students can study abroad through six official programs and can even earn a master’s degree in Global Business Law through the Institut d’Études Politiques (Sciences Po).
Students must complete at least 70 hours of pro bono work before they can graduate from Penn Law. In addition to community service projects, students can spend their free time getting involved in legal clinics and more than 100 student organizations like Penn Law Boxing and the Urban Law Reform group.
Notable alumni of Penn Law School include George Wharton Pepper, founder of law firm Pepper Hamilton LLP, and Sam Hamadeh, cofounder of career site Vault.com.
Https://www.law.upenn.edu/admissions/jd/how-to-apply.php
The Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania (Perelman) has an application deadline of Oct. 15. The application fee at University of Pennsylvania (Perelman) is $100. Its tuition is full-time: $59,910. The faculty-student ratio at University of Pennsylvania (Perelman) is 4.5:1. The Perelman School of Medicine has 2,773 full-time faculty on staff.
The University of Pennsylvania was home to the first medical school and first school hospital in the country. Today, the School of Medicine is affiliated with the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, and Pennsylvania Hospital.
Students can earn M.D., Ph.D., M.D.-Ph.D., master’s, M.D.-master’s, or post-doctoral degrees. Students can double up on degrees at any other school at Penn, such as the highly ranked Wharton School. There are also certificate programs in areas like Global Health, Women’s Health, and Aging.
Medical students learn through a course of six different modules, often in small groups that stress effective leadership and teamwork for physicians. Students can get hands-on experience in simulation facilities like the Flyers/76ers Surgery Theatre or can get involved in more than 50 centers and institutes. Penn Medicine faculty and students are often active throughout the Philadelphia community, too, running free health clinics, AIDS awareness programs, and more.
There are close to 100 student organizations to check out, from Penn Med SALSA to the Prison Health Interest Group. The school offers various global health opportunities, including a Spanish language immersion program in Mexico and South America. Students can live on the Penn campus in University City or can find off-campus housing throughout Philadelphia.
Notable alumni of the Penn School of Medicine include two Nobel Prize winners, Michael Stuart Brown and Stanley Prusiner, and George McClellan, the founder of Jefferson Medical College, now known as Thomas Jefferson University.
Https://pennmed-admissions.med.upenn.edu
The School of Engineering and Applied Science at University of Pennsylvania has an application deadline of March 15. The application fee is $80 for U.S. residents and $80 for international students. Its tuition is full-time: $42,312 per year. The 2020 Ph.D. student-faculty ratio is 5.8:1. The School of Engineering and Applied Science at University of Pennsylvania has 128 full-time faculty on staff.
Graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) have no shortage on research outlets. The school houses six dedicated research labs focused on areas ranging from nanotechnology to robotics to computer graphics and animation.
In addition to their lab facilities, Penn’s engineering school boasts more than a dozen research centers and institutes, including the Center for Engineering Cells and Regeneration, the Institute for Medicine and Engineering, and the Penn Center for Bioinformatics.
On the academics side, the SEAS at Penn offers full-time master’s degrees in 16 different areas—embedded systems, integrated product design, and robotics round out a list that also includes mechanical, electrical, chemical, and systems engineering, among others.
Students can also combine their master of science in engineering or master of biotechnology degrees with an M.B.A. from the Wharton School, or pursue a doctorate in one of six areas.
Outside of the classroom, students can also choose to lend their engineering skills to a humanitarian cause through the school’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders, which works on projects locally and internationally; CommuniTech, a student-run nonprofit with a digital aim; and InnoWorks Academy, a nonprofit organization working to engage underprivileged middle school students in the sciences.
Notable alumni from Penn’s SEAS include NASA astronauts Michael Gernhardt and Garrett Reisman.
https://www.seas.upenn.edu/prospective-students/graduate/admissions
University of Pennsylvania is a private school. The School of Nursing has an application deadline of Nov. 1 and an application fee of $80 for U.S. residents. Tuition for the master's program at the School of Nursing is Full-time: $45,248 per year. The School of Nursing at University of Pennsylvania has 98 full-time faculty members. The total graduate nursing enrollment is 816.
https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/admissions/
The School of Education at University of Pennsylvania has an application deadline of Dec. 1. The application fee for the education program at University of Pennsylvania is $0. Its tuition is full-time: $1,752 per credit and part-time: $1,752 per credit. The School of Education at University of Pennsylvania has 74 full-time faculty on staff with a 2:1 ratio of full-time equivalent doctoral students to full-time faculty.
Students enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education have a multitude of opportunities to get involved both in the classroom and around Philadelphia.
The school offers a variety of degrees, including Ph.D.’s; Ed.D.’s; and Master of Science, Master of Science in Education, and Master of Philosophy in Education programs to train educators, leaders, and health professionals. Graduate students can also take advantage of the University of Pennsylvania’s other highly ranked departments by completing a joint or dual degree through another school at Penn.
Faculty and students at the Penn GSE help to manage schools in West Philadelphia and train local educators. There is also a Teach for America Urban Teacher certificate program for TFA instructors working in the School District of Philadelphia.
The school runs more than 10 centers, including the National Center on Families and Fathers and the Penn Center for Educational Leadership. Students can complete research projects or get involved in a number of GSE student organizations such as the Educational Linguistics Forum and Refugee Education Partners. Students can live on or off Penn’s campus in University City, an area in West Philadelphia.
