Engineering at University of Pennsylvania

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at University of Pennsylvania stacks up to those at other schools.

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 26,552 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,499 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Pennsylvania in 2021, 243 of them were engineering majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UPenn Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

UPenn Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at UPenn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

In 2021, 309 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UPenn. This makes it the #38 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 58 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #61 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UPenn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of Pennsylvania.

UPenn Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The engineering program at UPenn awarded 243 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 58% of these degrees went to men with the other 42% going to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	50
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	89
International Students	47
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

UPenn Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 309 students earned a master's degree in engineering from UPenn. About 32% of these graduates were women and the other 68% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	33
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	57
International Students	190
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UPenn also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 58 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Pennsylvania. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	147
Biomedical Engineering	127
Electrical Engineering	116
Systems Engineering	81
Materials Engineering	58
Chemical Engineering	48
Computer Engineering	17
Other Engineering	16

Related Majors

• Engineering Technologies
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers	28,260	$96,370
Mechanical Engineers	16,590	$85,740
Civil Engineers	12,530	$88,740
Industrial Engineers	9,280	$86,080
Electrical Engineers	8,870	$94,870

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.