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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received a bachelor's degree in systems engineering from UPenn.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the systems engineering progam at UPenn compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Systems Engineering Schools	6
	35

In 2021, 41 students received their master’s degree in systems engineering from UPenn. This makes it the #15 most popular school for systems engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 40 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering from UPenn in 2020-2021, 43% were men and 57% were 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 30% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	15
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UPenn Systems Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 41 students who earned a master's degree in Systems Engineering from UPenn in 2020-2021, 66% were men and 34% were 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	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UPenn also has a doctoral program available in systems engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.