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U.S. News & World Report 2022 Rankings

In the newly released 2022 U.S. News & World Report ranking of United States universities, the University of Pennsylvania was ranked #8. This ranking is calculated from factors including graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student/faculty ratios, class sizes, SAT/ACT scores, percentage of admitted students who were in the top 10% of their high school class, and the percentage of alumni making gifts. Penn was also ranked #14 in Best Value Schools; #26 in Most Innovative Schools; #46 in undergraduate research; and #48 in best undergraduate teaching.

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has retained its #1 post as the best undergraduate business program in the country, which it has held for many years. It is also ranked #1 in three specialties: finance, management, and real estate. In addition, it is ranked #2 in marketing; #3 in quantitative analysis; #4 in business analytics; #5 in entrepreneurship and productions/operations management; #6 in accounting and international business; #8 in insurance/risk management; #10 in supply chain management/logistics; and #12 in management information systems.

Penn’s School of Nursing was also ranked #1 for its undergraduate nursing program, the first year the national magazine has ranked undergraduate nursing programs.

Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science ranked #21 (tied with Columbia University, Penn State-University Park, University of Maryland-College Park, and University of Washington). Within SEAS, Penn ranked #10 in bioengineering/biomedical engineering, #15 in materials science and engineering, #20 in electrical/electronic/communications engineering; #21 in mechanical engineering; #22 in computer engineering, and #23 in chemical engineering, for undergraduate engineering programs at schools whose highest degree is a doctorate. SEAS was also ranked #16 for undergraduate computer science programs, with rankings at #11 for programming; #13 for artificial intelligence; #16 for data analytics/science; and #21 for theory.

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