BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE: BEST B-SCHOOLS:

University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School
  OVERALL 1998 RANK: 1
BW corporate rank: 1
BW graduate rank: 2
BW 1996 rank: 1


1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments



PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay*   $ 55,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus)* $ 84,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 24,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 36,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 143,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 51,000

Average job offers per student*   3
Graduates with job offers*   97 %


Annual Out-of-State Tuition $ 26,290
Annual In-State Tuition $ N/A
Room & Board $ 9,070

MBA program founded in: 1920
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $170,000,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** $292,500,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   1,557
Part-time   N/A
Minority   9 %
Non-U.S.   31 %
Women   29 %
Interviewed in person   90 %
Applicants accepted   13 %
Accepted who enrolled   71 %
Less than one year work experience   1 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   4
Applications received for 1999   7,329
Applications received for 2000   8,313



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score 500 to 800   685  
GPA 2.5 to 4 3.5
Work experience 1 to 20 4
Age at entry 21 to 42 26


* Figures for prospects generated from Student Survey
** As of Aug. 1, 1998

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1999 Profile Update
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Graduates' Comments





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