Established in 1881, The Wharton School is the world's first collegiate business school and one of the best ranked in the world. It is a business school of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Ivy League. According to Forbes Magazine, 90% of billionaires with MBA qualifications obtained their master's degree from one of three prestigious schools: Wharton, Harvard, or Columbia Business School.
The School has 11 academic departments and more than 20 research centers and initiatives, offering undergraduate, M.B.A., doctoral, and executive programs.
Academic departments include: Accounting, Finance, Business and Public Policy, Insurance and Risk Management, Health Care Management, Marketing, Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Management, Statistics, Operations and Information Management, and Real Estate.
Business School Rankings:
- 2nd among the best graduate Accounting schools in the nation, and 3rd in the Graduate Business School Rankings (US News & World Report 2010).
- No. 1 in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2009 (tied for 1st with London Business School). Wharton is also placed 1st globally from 1998 - 2008.
- 3rd in the US News MBA Ranking 2009.
- No. 1 in the Business Week Undergraduate Business School Ranking (2006, 2007 and 2008).
- 17th in the ranking of World's Top Full-time MBA programs by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) 2008, moving up from 21st in 2007.
- No. 1 in the ranking of Top EMBA programs by Whitefield Consulting Worldwide 2008, moving up from 5th in previous year.
- 2nd in the Wall Street Journal EMBA Ranking 2008.
- The MBA program is ranked 3rd in the Los Mejores MBA Globales published by CNN Expansion (2008).
- 3rd for its Doctoral programs (PhD) in Accounting in the 27th Annual Professor’s Survey (2008).
- 4th in the Business Week ranking of Top US Full Time MBA Programs (2008).
- 2nd in the Business Week EMBA Ranking 2007.
- No. 1 in the FT Ranking of Top 85 EMBA programs in the world (2006).
The School has 11 academic departments and more than 20 research centers and initiatives, offering undergraduate, M.B.A., doctoral, and executive programs.
Academic departments include: Accounting, Finance, Business and Public Policy, Insurance and Risk Management, Health Care Management, Marketing, Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Management, Statistics, Operations and Information Management, and Real Estate.
Business School Rankings:
- 2nd among the best graduate Accounting schools in the nation, and 3rd in the Graduate Business School Rankings (US News & World Report 2010).
- No. 1 in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2009 (tied for 1st with London Business School). Wharton is also placed 1st globally from 1998 - 2008.
- 3rd in the US News MBA Ranking 2009.
- No. 1 in the Business Week Undergraduate Business School Ranking (2006, 2007 and 2008).
- 17th in the ranking of World's Top Full-time MBA programs by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) 2008, moving up from 21st in 2007.
- No. 1 in the ranking of Top EMBA programs by Whitefield Consulting Worldwide 2008, moving up from 5th in previous year.
- 2nd in the Wall Street Journal EMBA Ranking 2008.
- The MBA program is ranked 3rd in the Los Mejores MBA Globales published by CNN Expansion (2008).
- 3rd for its Doctoral programs (PhD) in Accounting in the 27th Annual Professor’s Survey (2008).
- 4th in the Business Week ranking of Top US Full Time MBA Programs (2008).
- 2nd in the Business Week EMBA Ranking 2007.
- No. 1 in the FT Ranking of Top 85 EMBA programs in the world (2006).
