Facts-at-a-Glance

Established: 1985

PhD Students Enrolled: 906 (including 163 MD/PhD and VMD/PhD)

PhD Alumni: 3000+

Participating Graduate Groups: Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Cell and Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Genomics and Computational Biology, Immunology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology

Participating Faculty Members: 750 across the 7 schools

Participating Penn Schools: Perelman School of Medicine, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Dental Medicine, Wharton School of Business, School of Nursing

Associated Campus Entities: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Wistar Institute

National Rank in NIH Training Grant Funding (Perelman School of Medicine): 1

Stipend: $34,000 plus $1000 relocation award for incoming students (2019-2020)

PhD Completion Rate: 85%

Mean Time to Degree: 5.83 Years

Alumni Outcomes*:

39% Research in Academia
22% Research in Industry
8% Teaching in a Postsecondary Setting
8% Communication
22% Other Science-Related Positions (including Consulting, Government Research, Policy, Commercialization, Regulatory Affairs, Grants Management, Patent Law, and Health Care)
<1% Not Science-Related

* based on primary activities of alumni who graduated in the years 2002-2011, tracked in 2017 (6+ years after completing the PhD and beyond the typical postdoctoral training stage)