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Established in 1881, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania was
the first business school founded in the U.S. The program boasts the world's largest
business school faculty, having
over 250 standing and associate faculty members associated with
its 11 academic
departments and 19 research centers.
Wharton regularly claimed the top slot in b-school rankings throughout the
1990s. Its graduates were particularly sought after by recruiters from banks,
accounting firms, and consulting companies. A Wharton MBA all but guaranteed its
holder an interview at many top corporations -- where he or she was likely to
find at least several fellow Wharton grads.
In the early 'noughts,' however, reduced corporate hiring and student
dissatisfaction with career services and technical support caused the school to
fall to about fifth place on most lists. Wharton responded to this setback
vigorously. It hired a new career services director and opened a new, much
larger, and state-of-the-art classroom building in the fall of 2004. These
changes, together with efforts to maintain the high quality of the Wharton MBA
program while keeping it up-to-date with a globalizing world, have put the
school back on track.
Despite this turbulent period, Wharton never let the
academic quality of its program slip. The only thing more
impressive than the students it recruits are the graduates it produces. The school's alumni enjoy a
well-deserved reputation for being smart, hard-working, and
ethical, able to put politics and personal interests aside
in order to look out for the best
interests of their organizations. That makes for a career
candidate profile that stands out in any economy.
