The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is the first business school in the United States. It is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League university located in Philadelphia established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton.

According to the most recent statistics released by U.S. News & World Report, Wharton had the highest average salary and post-graduation employment rate of any business school in the United States.

Admission Requirement

Online Application
Application Fee
Essays
Transcripts
Letters of Recommendation
GMAT/GRE
TOEFL
Interviews
Resume

The minimum requirements to apply to the MBA program include:
• Completion of an undergraduate program in an accredited U.S. college or its equivalent in another country.

• Results of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) or the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).

• Submission of the Wharton application.

• Results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) unless one has earned an undergraduate or Master degree in an English-speaking country or from an institution in which English is the language of instruction.

• To give up the TOEFL, one must include a letter requesting the waiver in application and documentation that one’s education was in English.

The school offers two paths, an MBA for full-time students and an MBA for executives. Students can elect to pursue double majors or individualized majors.

During their first year, all students pursue a required core curriculum that covers traditional management disciplines—finance, marketing, statistics, and strategy—and the leadership, ethics, and communication skills needed at senior levels of management. Students pick electives in the second year.

MBA Program Deadline

Application Deadline Invitation to Interview Release Decision Release Date

Round 1 September 29, 2015 November 3, 2015 December 17, 2015

Round 2 January 5, 2016 February 9, 2016 March 29, 2016

Round 3 March 30, 2016 April 13, 2016 May 3, 2016