Systems Engineering at University of Pennsylvania

If you plan to study systems engineering, take a look at what University of Pennsylvania has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 26,552 students attend the school each year.

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

UPenn Systems Engineering Degrees Available

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

UPenn Systems Engineering Rankings

The systems engineering major at UPenn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Systems 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.

Systems Engineering Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of systems engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical systems engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% women. So female students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its systems 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 systems engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UPenn Systems Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of systems engineering master's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	49
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Systems Engineering

The following systems engineering concentations are available at University of Pennsylvania. 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
General Systems Engineering	81

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

Careers That Systems Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in systems 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineers	4,850	$96,550
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870

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

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