About 20.5 percent of the 8,106 degrees and certificates handed out by the University of Pennsylvania in 2017-18 were to students in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
The agency’s National Center for Education Statistics shows the private not-for-profit institution in Philadelphia conferred 1061 master’s degrees and 549 bachelor’s degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs.
But the single most popular program was for a master’s degree in general business administration and management. Data shows the school gave out 337 master’s degrees in general business administration and management, followed by 315 bachelor’s degrees in general finance and 259 master’s degrees in general finance.
The university enrolled 25,860 students for 2017-18, including 11,851 in undergraduate programs and 14,009 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor’s degrees awarded | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance, General | 315 | 263 | – | 578 | |
| Business Administration and Management, General | 79 | 340 | – | 419 | |
| Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies | – | 162 | – | 162 | |
| Management Science | 33 | 129 | – | 162 | |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 52 | 64 | – | 116 | |
| Operations Management and Supervision | 52 | 19 | – | 71 | |
| Real Estate | 7 | 23 | 21 | 51 | |
| Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management | – | 27 | 6 | 33 | |
| Organizational Behavior Studies | – | 28 | – | 28 | |
| Accounting | 8 | 16 | – | 24 | |
| Business/Commerce, General | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce | – | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other | – | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Public Finance | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Actuarial Science | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |
| Accounting and Finance | – | – | – | – | |
| Transportation/Mobility Management | – | – | – | – | |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other | – | – | – | – | |
| Management Information Systems, General | – | – | – | – | |
| Insurance | – | – | – | – | |
| E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce | – | – | – | – | |
| Retailing and Retail Operations | – | – | – | – | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 549 | 1,082 | 29 | 1,660 | 20.5 |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 182 | 18 | – | 200 | |
| Medicine | – | 161 | – | 161 | |
| Dentistry | – | 158 | – | 158 | |
| Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing | – | 136 | – | 136 | |
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management | 21 | 98 | 12 | 131 | |
| Veterinary Medicine | – | 114 | – | 114 | |
| Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling | 77 | – | – | 77 | |
| Public Health, Other | – | 63 | – | 63 | |
| Pediatric Nurse/Nursing | – | 52 | – | 52 | |
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | – | 43 | – | 43 | |
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics | – | 33 | 1 | 34 | |
| Medical Scientist | – | 19 | 5 | 24 | |
| Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery | – | 23 | – | 23 | |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | – | 19 | – | 19 | |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | – | 14 | – | 14 | |
| Nursing Administration | – | 14 | – | 14 | |
| Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing | – | 11 | – | 11 | |
| Orthodontics/Orthodontology | – | – | 10 | 10 | |
| Endodontics/Endodontology | – | – | 9 | 9 | |
| Periodontics/Periodontology | – | – | 7 | 7 | |
| Adult Health Nurse/Nursing | – | 6 | – | 6 | |
| Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing | – | 6 | – | 6 | |
| Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology | – | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences, Other | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery | – | – | 3 | 3 | |
| Environmental Health | – | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Medical Informatics | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Nursing Education | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Nurse Anesthetist | – | – | – | – | |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other | – | – | – | – | |
| Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing | – | – | – | – | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 280 | 995 | 57 | 1,332 | 16.4 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 82 | 48 | – | 130 | |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 45 | 57 | – | 102 | |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 23 | 68 | – | 91 | |
| Systems Engineering | 39 | 51 | – | 90 | |
| Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | 35 | 47 | – | 82 | |
| Materials Engineering | 15 | 55 | – | 70 | |
| Computer Engineering, General | 16 | – | – | 16 | |
| Engineering, Other | 15 | – | – | 15 | |
| Geological/Geophysical Engineering | – | 5 | – | 5 | |
| Engineering total | 270 | 331 | – | 601 | 7.4 |
| Economics, General | 149 | 8 | – | 157 | |
| Political Science and Government, General | 109 | 20 | – | 129 | |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 33 | 23 | – | 56 | |
| International Relations and Affairs | 46 | – | – | 46 | |
| Criminology | 10 | 20 | – | 30 | |
| Sociology | 18 | 10 | – | 28 | |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | 28 | – | – | 28 | |
| Anthropology | 18 | 5 | – | 23 | |
| Demography and Population Studies | – | 21 | – | 21 | |
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography | – | 17 | – | 17 | |
| Archeology | – | 5 | – | 5 | |
| Geography, Other | – | – | 3 | 3 | |
| Social Sciences, General | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Political Science and Government, Other | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Applied Economics | – | – | – | – | |
| Social Sciences total | 414 | 129 | 5 | 548 | 6.8 |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | – | 85 | – | 85 | |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | – | 85 | – | 85 | |
| Education, General | – | 83 | – | 83 | |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | – | 65 | – | 65 | |
| Educational Statistics and Research Methods | – | 29 | – | 29 | |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | – | 28 | – | 28 | |
| Reading Teacher Education | – | 26 | – | 26 | |
| Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | – | 19 | – | 19 | |
| Education, Other | – | 19 | – | 19 | |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | – | 18 | – | 18 | |
| Educational/Instructional Technology | – | 14 | – | 14 | |
| Curriculum and Instruction | – | 14 | – | 14 | |
| English/Language Arts Teacher Education | – | 6 | – | 6 | |
| Social Studies Teacher Education | – | 6 | – | 6 | |
| Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education | – | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | – | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Secondary Education and Teaching | – | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching | – | – | – | – | |
| Education total | – | 508 | – | 508 | 6.3 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 131 | 6 | – | 137 | |
| Neuroscience | 112 | 21 | – | 133 | |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | – | 49 | – | 49 | |
| Biotechnology | – | 45 | – | 45 | |
| Biochemistry | 35 | – | – | 35 | |
| Epidemiology | – | 31 | – | 31 | |
| Biostatistics | – | 19 | – | 19 | |
| Biomedical Sciences, General | 13 | – | – | 13 | |
| Pharmacology | – | 12 | – | 12 | |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | – | 11 | – | 11 | |
| Bioinformatics | – | 8 | – | 8 | |
| Biophysics | 8 | – | – | 8 | |
| Environmental Biology | – | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Immunology | – | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | – | – | – | – | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 299 | 208 | – | 507 | 6.2 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 84 | 186 | – | 270 | |
| Computer Science | 54 | 57 | – | 111 | |
| Artificial Intelligence | – | 69 | – | 69 | |
| Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration | – | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | – | – | – | – | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 138 | 316 | 4 | 458 | 5.6 |
| Law | – | 244 | – | 244 | |
| Legal Studies, General | – | 116 | – | 116 | |
| Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General | – | 17 | – | 17 | |
| Legal Professions and Studies total | – | 377 | – | 377 | 4.6 |
| Social Work | – | 225 | – | 225 | |
| Public Administration | – | 48 | – | 48 | |
| Public Policy Analysis, General | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions total | 5 | 273 | 3 | 281 | 3.5 |
| Psychology, General | 73 | 59 | – | 132 | |
| Counseling Psychology | – | 103 | – | 103 | |
| Developmental and Child Psychology | – | 23 | – | 23 | |
| Psychology total | 73 | 185 | – | 258 | 3.2 |
| International/Global Studies | 41 | 70 | – | 111 | |
| Cognitive Science | 66 | – | – | 66 | |
| Sustainability Studies | – | 15 | – | 15 | |
| Computational Science | – | 10 | – | 10 | |
| Historic Preservation and Conservation | – | – | – | – | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 107 | 95 | – | 202 | 2.5 |
| Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology | – | 157 | 1 | 158 | |
| Architecture | 9 | 7 | – | 16 | |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | – | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Landscape Architecture | – | – | 8 | 8 | |
| Environmental Design/Architecture | – | – | 6 | 6 | |
| Architecture and Related Services total | 9 | 169 | 20 | 198 | 2.4 |
| Philosophy, Other | 135 | – | – | 135 | |
| Philosophy | 18 | 8 | – | 26 | |
| Religion/Religious Studies | 5 | 6 | – | 11 | |
| Logic | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Jewish/Judaic Studies | – | – | – | – | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | 160 | 14 | – | 174 | 2.2 |
| Chemistry, General | 9 | 67 | – | 76 | |
| Physics, General | 25 | 36 | – | 61 | |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 13 | 1 | – | 14 | |
| Hydrology and Water Resources Science | – | 7 | – | 7 | |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other | – | 3 | – | 3 | |
| Physics, Other | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Physical Sciences total | 47 | 114 | 1 | 162 | 2 |
| Statistics, General | 42 | 33 | – | 75 | |
| Mathematics, General | 26 | 15 | – | 41 | |
| Applied Mathematics, General | – | 19 | – | 19 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 68 | 67 | – | 135 | 1.7 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 89 | 24 | – | 113 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 89 | 24 | – | 113 | 1.4 |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 26 | 13 | – | 39 | |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 11 | 16 | – | 27 | |
| Film/Cinema/Video Studies | 16 | – | – | 16 | |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 11 | – | – | 11 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | 10 | – | – | 10 | |
| Music, General | 3 | 5 | – | 8 | |
| Graphic Design | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Design and Applied Arts, Other | – | – | – | – | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 77 | 34 | 2 | 113 | 1.4 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 9 | 13 | – | 22 | |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other | 1 | 19 | – | 20 | |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 18 | 1 | – | 19 | |
| Comparative Literature | 3 | 11 | – | 14 | |
| Linguistics | 6 | 4 | – | 10 | |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | – | 9 | – | 9 | |
| Russian Language and Literature | 6 | – | – | 6 | |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| French Language and Literature | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| German Language and Literature | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | |
| Italian Language and Literature | – | – | – | – | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | 53 | 59 | – | 112 | 1.4 |
| Communication and Media Studies, Other | 75 | 28 | – | 103 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 75 | 28 | – | 103 | 1.3 |
| History, General | 44 | 27 | – | 71 | |
| History and Philosophy of Science and Technology | 14 | 2 | – | 16 | |
| History, Other | – | 2 | – | 2 | |
| History total | 58 | 31 | – | 89 | 1.1 |
| Environmental Studies | 14 | 57 | – | 71 | |
| Environmental Science | – | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Natural Resources/Conservation, General | – | 3 | – | 3 | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation total | 14 | 64 | – | 78 | 1 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | 2 | 40 | – | 42 | |
| Humanities/Humanistic Studies | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 4 | 40 | – | 44 | 0.5 |
| Engineering Design | – | 18 | 4 | 22 | |
| Nanotechnology | – | 10 | – | 10 | |
| Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total | – | 28 | 4 | 32 | 0.4 |
| Women’s Studies | 7 | – | – | 7 | |
| African-American/Black Studies | 4 | 2 | – | 6 | |
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| East Asian Studies | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| South Asian Studies | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Latin American Studies | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| American/United States Studies/Civilization | – | – | – | – | |
| Folklore Studies | – | – | – | – | |
| Asian Studies/Civilization | – | – | – | – | |
| African Studies | – | – | – | – | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total | 19 | 2 | – | 21 | 0.3 |
