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2001 EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROFILE
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School

Sections:  Enrollment  | Programs | Teaching & Academics


Address: 255 S. 38th Street, Suite 200
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
United States
E-Mail: execed@wharton.upenn.edu
Web site: www.wharton.upenn.edu/execed


ADMISSIONS

2000-2001 1995-1996% Change
Number of executive nondegree programs (excluding multiple sessions of same program)

43 3234%
Executives attending above programs (not including EMBA or part-time degree programs)

3946   2425  63%
Attending executives who live within 45 miles of the school 9% 10%-10%
Attending executives who live or work abroad 50% 46% 9%
Total participant days (total participant days x total length of programs) 45,57933,03838%
Companies for which the school ran custom programs 52   47  11%
Custom executive programs run overseas (excluding multiple sessions of one company's program) 8   7  14%
Open-enrollment programs run overseas (excluding multiple sessions) 12   7  71%

Executive education program founded: 1953

Attendance change in open-enrollment courses over the past 12 months: 2%



CLASS PROFILE

Open Enrollment:
Female 25%
International (1) 50%
Underrepresented minorities (2) 2%
Executives earning more than $200,000 a year 3%
Executives who are business owners 2%
Executives completely sponsored by their employers 95%
Custom Programs:
Female 25%
International (1) 53%
Underrepresented minorities (2) 1%

(1) Executives from countries other than the school's home country.

(2) Underrepresented minority executive students are defined at U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American.



TOP CORPORATE CLIENTS

Custom programs:
Investment Management Consultants Association Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Security Industry Association
Verizon

Nondegree functional programs:
AT&T Johnson & Johnson
Lucent Technologies
Merck
PDVSA

Nondegree general programs:
British Broadcasting Corp. Deutsche Bank
Hewlett-Packard
Lucent Technologies
UBS

Participants coming from organizations the B-school has done business with for three or more years: 75%

Organizations with which the school has done business with for three or more years:
A partial list of companies: Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Lucent Technologies, Merck, Verizon


COSTS

Range of costs for open-enrollment programs $4,750 - $49,000
Range of costs for custom-made executive programs n/a - n/a


CONTACTS

Name of dean: Patrick T. Harker
Dean hired as of: Feb. 21
Director of executive education programs: Bob Mittelstaedt


 
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2004:  3    1994:  1    
2002:  5    1992:  4    
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