The Wharton School Stats

By the Numbers

Established: 1881
Different locations (if applicable):: San Francisco, CA; Philadelphia, PA

Number of Students: 862

Student Body Demographics:
Minority: 29%
International: 37%

Average Age: 28
Average Years of Work Experience: 5

Men: 60%
Women: 40%

Tuition: $103,546

Number of Applicants: 7,493

Mean Starting Salary: $110,000

Percentage of Students entering different industries:
Consulting: 26.6%
Consumer Products: 3.1%
Financial Services: 47.7%
Manufacturing: 1.7%
Media/Entertainment: 2.2%
Nonprofit: 1.1%
Energy: 2.2%
Healthcare: 5.1%
Real Estate: 4.2%
Technology: 5.6%

% graduates entering different occupations 2007:
Consulting: 28.2%
Finance/Accounting: 30.7%
General Management: 5.5%
Marketing/Sales: 7%
MIS: <1%
Operations/Logistics: <1%
Other - different occupations: 27.6%

Contact

Office of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
420 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6340
Admissions phone: (215) 898-6183
Admissions fax: (215) 898-0120
Admissions e-mail: mba.admissions@wharton.upenn.edu

Academics

Specialized programs: Wharton Programs for Working Professionals; Lauder Program; Wharton/SAIA Program

Special institutes or centers: Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center; Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics; Financial Institutions Center; Wharton/INSEAD Center for Global Research & Education; William and Phyllis Mack Center for Technological Innovation; Samuel Zell and Robert Luri Real Estate Center; S.S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education