
The University of Pennsylvania's Regular Decision acceptance rate for the application year 2024 stands at 5.4%, with 35,523 out of 65,236 applicants admitted. This marks a slight decrease from 5.9% in 2023 and a more significant drop from 6.5% in 2022. Over the past few years, acceptance rates have generally shown a downward trend, decreasing from 8.97% in 2020 and 7.66% in 2019. This underscores the increasing competitiveness of the admissions process at Penn, reflecting a growing applicant pool alongside declining acceptance rates.