University of Pennsylvania is an Ivy League School and its admissions statistics fall in the middle of all Ivy League Schools. Similar to the trends across all top schools, University of Pennsylvania acceptance rates have continued to decline over the past 8 years and will almost certainly continue to do so into the future.
The Class of 2022 was the single most challenging year to be admitted to University of Pennsylvania ever. For the Class of 2022, 44,482 students applied to University of Pennsylvania of which 3,731 students were accepted, yielding an overall acceptance rate of 8.4%. Overall applications increased by 10.1% over last year (2021 to 2022) from 40,413 to 44,482.
For the Class of 2022, 1,312 students were admitted through the early admissions process. Total early applications totaled 7,074, yielding an early acceptance rate of 18.5%. Early applications increased by 15.1% over last year (2021 to 2022) from 6,147 to 7,074.
