Verified College DataA Doctoral University (which undergraduates attend) with very high research activityNCAA Division I

University of Pennsylvania UPENN

Philadelphia, PA, United States

6% admit rate96% graduationprivate nonprofit

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University of Pennsylvania UPENN

Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the University of Pennsylvania, which insiders call “UPENN” or just “Penn”. It’s easy to confuse the name of Penn with Penn State, but don’t do that because they’re very different. Penn is a private, Ivy League university in a city, and Pe...

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