By the Numbers: Move-In 2024

With students arriving on Penn’s campus this week to move into the College Houses, Penn Today has compiled links to resources and statistics about the Move-In experience.

Students pushing Move-In carts outside a Penn dorm.

Students are arriving on Penn’s campus this week to start the 2024-25 academic year. Move-In officially begins Monday with international, transfer, exchange, and first-generation students. On Tuesday and Wednesday the Class of 2028 first-years come aboard. Returning students will arrive Friday through Sunday. Staff at the University’s undergraduate College Houses have been working for months to prepare.

2,409
First-year students expected at Move-In

3,486
Returning undergraduates moving into College Houses

13
Number of undergraduate College Houses

5
First-year College Houses

92
Nations represented in the Class of 2028

205
New Student Orientation student volunteers

266
Events listed on New Student Orientation calendar

1,100
Move-In carts

49
Student Move-In Coordinators

55
Balloon displays

6,500
Welcome kits

Information and assistance

Drop by the Campus Express Center in Bodek Lounge and the New Student Orientation Resource Fair in the Hall of Flags and the Reading Room of Houston Hall at 3417 Spruce St. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Penn Residential Services has curated a Family Resource Linktree.