Alternatives and competitors
Sites like University of Pennsylvania
The 20 closest higher education alternatives to University of Pennsylvania, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 14 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to University of Pennsylvania? The closest matches are Princeton University, Pennsylvania State University and University of Pittsburgh. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania upenn.edu
University of Pennsylvania
As America’s first university, Penn has a history that dates back to 1740 and shares many ties with the colonial city of Philadelphia and the birth of our nation.
Wikidata: private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary by Claude
Official website of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia offering undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs, with campus news, research stories and admissions information.
- Who it’s for
- Prospective and current students, faculty, alumni, researchers
- Business model
- Tuition, endowment, research grants and donations
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to University of Pennsylvania’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to University of Pennsylvania
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to University of Pennsylvania, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Very close cos 0.933 - 02
The Pennsylvania State University | Penn State
Penn State is a Pennsylvania-based, top-ranked public university that educates students worldwide. Learn more about Penn State degree programs and research.
Very close cos 0.928 - 03
Home | University of Pittsburgh
state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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New York University
There's nothing like a crisp autumn day in New York to put a spring in your step, and at all of NYU's campuses and global sites, the fall presents an opportunity for renewed focus. That's something we're leaning into as a community through the NYU IRL initiative, which challenges us all to reclaim our time and attention so we can concentrate on what matters most. What will we notice when we look up from our devices? Here's to less checking and more connecting, to less following and more wandering.
Very close cos 0.913 - 05
Northwestern University
Northwestern is one of the country’s leading private research and teaching universities, located in Evanston, IL. Our highly collaborative environment provides our diverse students and faculty with exceptional opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Very close cos 0.911 - 06
UChicago - Error 403
private university in Chicago, Illinois
Very close cos 0.909 - 07
The University of Iowa
Join a global community of renowned artists, pioneering scientists, and faculty dedicated to student success at the University of Iowa.
Very close cos 0.907 - 08
Yale University
Since its founding in 1701, Yale University has been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge, inspiring innovation, and preserving cultural and scientific information for future generations.
Very close cos 0.906 - 09 Very close cos 0.903
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Carnegie Mellon University | CMU
A private, global research university, Carnegie Mellon stands among the world's top educational institutions with its cutting-edge programs and innovations.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
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Rice University
Rice University is a comprehensive research university in Houston, Texas. Rice produces Houston’s next generation of leaders and advances tomorrow’s thinking.
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Vanderbilt University
Quick Guide Prospective Undergrads Prospective Grad & Professional Current Students Faculty & Staff Job Seekers Alumni & Friends Undergraduate Admissions Financial Aid & Scholarships Academics Find Your Major Schools & Colleges Student Life Plan a Visit Undergraduate Research Athletics - Anchor
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Home | WashU
At WashU, we’re connecting learners, thinkers, leaders and doers who inspire each other to ask big questions and find real solutions — together.
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UW Homepage – University of Washington
public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States
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Brown University
Brown is a leading research university, home to world-renowned faculty and also an innovative educational institution where the curiosity, creativity and intellectual joy of students drives academic excellence.
Close cos 0.893 - 17
private university in New York City, New York, US
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The University of Virginia
Experience vibrant student life, unparalleled academic excellence, and the unique culture that makes UVA stand out.
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Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Welcome to the University at Buffalo - University at Buffalo
Explore New York's flagship. The University at Buffalo, the top public university in the state, combines superior academics with true affordability.
Close cos 0.891
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to upenn.edu’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones University of Pennsylvania uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What University of Pennsylvania is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- Drupal header x-generator: Drupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org)
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://www.upenn.edu/core/assets/vendor/jquery/jquery.min.js?v=4.0.0
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=EB+Garamond|Roboto:400,400i,500,700,700i&display=…
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-chi-kmdw8640039-CHI, cache-ber1080024-BER, cache-ber1…
- Hosting
- Pantheon header x-pantheon-styx-hostname: styx-us-a-684cbff7d7-vlps5
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by Drupal (header x-generator: Drupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org))
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com include:spf.prote…
- Proofpoint MX mxb-00390e01.gslb.pphosted.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=maiZsC5JWjh1XYgMeCPA+Eu/1WPEcyn+n7TzXs5…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=78297198-f708-4232-b63b-9ce516ae54a1
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=USSLz8fKaD900NdBD87OEjo0zVYS1RwVyebE0-rN1II
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what University of Pennsylvania adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Atlassian 18/20
- Microsoft 365 18/20
- Google Tag Manager 14/20
- DocuSign 13/20
- Adobe · not on upenn.edu 12/20
- Apple Business · not on upenn.edu 11/20
- jQuery 11/20
- OpenAI · not on upenn.edu 10/20
- PHP 10/20
- Brevo · not on upenn.edu 9/20
- nginx 9/20
- Font Awesome · not on upenn.edu 7/20
- Drupal 6/20
- Proofpoint 6/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on upenn.edu 6/20