Philly Leader

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.

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