Use the .ndim property of the ndarray:
>>> a = np.array([[ -7.94627203e+01, -1.81562235e+02, -3.05418070e+02, -2.38451033e+02],[ 9.43740653e+01, 1.69312771e+02, 1.68545575e+01, -1.44450299e+02],[ 5.61599000e+00, 8.76135909e+01, 1.18959245e+02, -1.44049237e+02]])
>>> a.ndim
2