Adjust the numbers on the left to find out how well an MBA at University of Pennsylvania Wharton Business School pays off. Assuming it takes 2 years and you earn $60, annually before attending, obtaining your MBA means forgoing a salary of $120, . Combining this opportunity cost with the total nonresident program cost of $141, 740 (not including food, rent, etc.) gives a total of $261, 740. The 10-year ROI is 312% and the total 10-year gain is $, 823. ROI takes the cumulative 10-year salary difference and divides by the total cost (MBA program and lost wages). The gain takes…

Not many business schools can boast that one of their graduates is President of the United States. In fact, only two instiutions can make that claim: Harvard Business School, for George W. Bush, who got his MBA from HBS in 1975, and now the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, for Donald Trump, who earned his undergraduate degree in business at Wharton in 1968 after transferring from Fordham University in his junior year. Wherever you are on the political spectrum, the fact that Trump is now the most famous and accomplished alumnus of Wharton seems appropriate. After…

Students spend the first year in Law School and the following summer in Law and Wharton courses designed specifically for the three-year MBA/JD. The second and third years include a combination of Law and Wharton courses, including a capstone course in the third year and work experience in a law firm or corporation during the summer between the second and third years. First Year First Year Summer Second Year Second Year Summer Third Year Law School 4 Wharton/Law courses (exclusive to the three-year program) Wharton: Core Courses: Corporations; Mergers and Acquisitions Internship…

A Wharton MBA is something you do. You fully engage in the challenges of today s global business with analytical, rigorous thinking – and gain the tools to solve the most vital problems facing business today. You learn how to make decisions backed up by data and sound reasoning, considering all the dimensions and stakeholders of a business problem. Our 250+ faculty members are among the most cited and one of the most published in the world, bringing real-world, real-time knowledge to the classroom. With more courses, academic areas, and interdisciplinary programs than at any…

Organized by Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS), the Global Young Leaders Academy (GYLA) is an intensive two-week summer program for a select group of international high school students who are currently in 9th to 12th grades. The program introduces students to entrepreneurship and other business concepts, and allows them time to become immersed in the U.S. culture. The two-week experience features Wharton faculty presentations, in-depth learning from high school teachers in the KWHS network, residential activities, field trips, community service, and relationship building…

Geoffrey Garrett is Dean, Reliance Professor of Management and Private Enterprise, and Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He became Dean of the Wharton School in 2014, having been a member of the Wharton faculty in the Management Department from 1995 to 1997. Prior to his return to Penn, he was dean of the business schools at both the University of Sydney and UNSW in his native Australia. Thomas S. Robertson, 2007-2014 In his tenure as dean, Thomas S. Robertson championed business as a force for good. He institutionalized three strategic…

Aresty Institute for Executive Education Offers The Leadership Edge: Strategies for the New Leader, at Its New San Francisco Campus June 4-7, 2012 PHILADELPHIA — The Aresty Institute for Executive Education at the Wharton School today announced a new program, The Leadership Edge: Strategies for the New Leader . Developed to meet the needs of executives transitioning into management roles, the program brings faculty who teach the core content in Wharton’s MBA program to its new San Francisco campus June 4-7, 2012. Wharton Management Professor and Faculty Director of The Leadership…