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2003 EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROFILE
University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School

Sections:  Enrollment  | Programs | Teaching & Academics


Address: 255 South 38th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
E-Mail: execed@wharton.upenn.edu
Web site: http://execed.wharton.upenn.edu


ADMISSIONS

2002-2003 1997-1998% Change
Number of executive nondegree programs (excluding multiple sessions of same program)

116 8634%
Executives attending above programs (not including EMBA or part-time degree programs)

7455   7119  4%
Attending executives who live within 45 miles of the school 12% 10%20%
Attending executives who live or work abroad 30% 46% -34%
Total participant days (total participant days x total length of programs) 104790016%
Companies for which the school ran custom programs 54   43  25%
Custom executive programs run overseas (excluding multiple sessions of one company's program) 27   20  35%
Open-enrollment programs run overseas (excluding multiple sessions) 5   7  -28%

Executive education program founded: 1971

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



CLASS PROFILE

Open Enrollment:
Female 22%
International (1) 30%
Executives earning more than $200,000 a year 15%
Executives who are business owners 2%
Executives completely sponsored by their employers 95%
For U.S. schools only:
African-American n/a
Asian-American n/a
Hispanic-American n/a
Naitive-American n/a
White (non-Hispanic) n/a

Custom Programs:
Female 15%
International (1) 21%
For U.S. schools only:
African-American n/a
Asian-American n/a
Hispanic-American n/a
Native-American n/a
White (non-Hispanic) n/a

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



TOP CORPORATE CLIENTS

Organizations that have sent the most participants to the school's executive education programs in the past five years:

Overall: Securities Industry Association
IMCA
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Merrill Lynch
AICPCU

Custom programs:
IMCA
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Merrill Lynch
DuPont
Deutsche Post World Net

Non-degree functional programs:
Securities Industry Association
IMCA
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Merrill Lynch
AICPCU

Non-degree general programs:
Securities Industry Association
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Merrill Lynch
AICPCU
Deutsche Post World Net

Participants coming from organizations the B-school has done business with for three or more years: 50%

Organizations with which the school has done business with for three or more years:
Aventis Behring
Aviva (formerly CGU/CGNU)
NASD
Textron
Wyeth


PRICE TAG

Range of costs for open-enrollment programs $4,350 - $37,000
Range of costs for custom-made executive programs $25,000 - $1,000,000


CONTACTS

Name of dean: Patrick T. Harker
Dean hired as of: Feb. 2000
Director of executive education programs: Barbara Gyde


 
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