2000 Rank:    1 1998 Rank:    1 1996 Rank:    1		Drops one notch in student poll but still comes out on top. Recruiters give high marks to students for their international perspective.		WHARTON INSIDER CONTENT Admissions Q&A Admission Interview Tips Sample Application Essays Best Schools for Entrepreneurship Best Schools for Marketing Best Schools for Finance Best Schools for Management Finance Video View WHARTON PROFILES Full-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 EMBA '03 | '01 Exec ed '03 | '01 WHARTON INFO Admissions Q&A '06 | '02 | '01 | '99 | '97 Placement Q&A '06 | '00 | '99 Financial Aid Q&A '99 | Video Views Dean Patrick Harker | Prof Raphael Amit - 2006 | Vice Dean Jain - 2006 Search for articles about Wharton WHARTON RANKINGS Full-time MBA rank: 2004:   3     1994:   1     2002:   5     1992:   4     2000:   1     1990:   2     1998:   1     1988:   4     1996:   1     BW ranking history EMBA rank: 2003:   3     1997:   --     2001:   2     1993:   --     1999:   --     Exec Ed rank: 2003:   2     1997:   4     2001:   5     1993:   --     1999:   3     1991:   7

* Business Week uses the Graduate Management Admission Council's standards for reporting data.

** Underrepresented minority students are defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American. They do not include Asian Americans.

Recruitment * Estimated percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who took a job at a company with fewer than 100 employees 10% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 92% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 152 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 254 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 2

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. McKinsey & Company 61 6. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 15 2. Goldman Sachs & Co. 42 7. Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette 14 3. Bain & Co. 34 8. Andersen Consulthing 12 4. Boston Consulting Group 22 9. Deloitte Consulting 10 5. Merrill Lynch 17 10. Booz Allen & Hamilton 10

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $90,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $92,081 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $25,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $22,722 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 90% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus N/A

Students Report Median total investment $175,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $95,000 Median MBA loans $45,000 Median signing bonus $20,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $30,000 Average number of business plans written 2

* The information presented in this section was collected using the MBA Career Services Council's Standards for Reporting MBA Employment Statistics

Basic Information Institution is Private Core MBA curriculum last revised in N/A Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $338,000,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Accounting Entrepreneurial Management Finance Healthcare Management Human Resource Management Information Strategy, Systems & Economics Insurance & Risk Management Management Marketing Multinational Management Operations & Information Management Public Policy and Management Real Estate Statistics Strategic Management

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Managing Electronic Commerce Joint Major/Marketing & Operations Management Environmental & Risk Management Technological Innovation

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives F. Allen J. Siegel Advanced Corporate Finance Negotiations

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 55% Case study 30% Other 15% Grading system Letter grades Describe other Experiential Average number of students in core class 30 Average number of students in elective class N/A Mandatory study trip abroad? No Exchange programs or campuses abroad? N/A Accelerated MBA program? N/A Distance learning degree program? No

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 199 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 40 Number of tenured professors 126 Percent of tenured professors who are female 11% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 17% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience N/A

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years N/A Changes made over the past three years The school has 90 full-time IT professionals. It added Knowledge@Wharton, Wharton's online publication for business knowledge. It also added a web-based data-mining tool for financial and business data, an interactive "extranet" web site for admitted students, and a Web Cafe "meeting place" for students. Students may also buy and sell seats in popular courses to get the most desirable courses.

Tuition and Fees Resident $27,170 Nonresident $27,170 Room & board $12,500 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $50,898

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Apr. 10, 2001 International Apr. 10, 2001 Domestic International         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes

Dean		Patrick T. Harker		E-mail address		wharton-dean@wharton.upenn.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Anjani Jain		E-mail address		mba.admissions@wharton.upenn.edu
Director of Admissions		Rose Martinelli		E-mail address		mba.admissions@wharton.upenn.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Marguerite Harrington		E-mail address		alumni.affairs@wharton.upenn.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Rose Martinellli		E-mail address		mba.admissions@wharton.upenn.edu
Director of Career Services		Bob Bonner		E-mail address		cdpweb@wharton.upenn.edu

Living MBA alumni

30,476

Alumni clubs

79

Placement Services for Alumni?

No

Percent of living alumni who gave to the school's fund-raising efforts in 1999-2000

N/A

Median gift

N/A

Average gift

N/A

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name Michael Baltes Title Director, Communications