MBA Programs in Philadelphia, PA

Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania:
The Wharton School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university. Wharton offers a 2 year Master of Business Administration (MBA) program for full-time students with a wide range of major concentrations. Wharton's MBA program is consistently regarded as one of the finest in the world, frequently cited as the most effective in preparing graduates to lead organizations in a global business environment.

Wharton Full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) program:

Core Curriculum:

Wharton's intensive, cross-functional core curriculum provides the essential management skills to succeed in any career, focusing on leadership, analytical skills, communication, and business fundamentals. 
- Leadership Essentials
- Analytical Foundations
- Core Business Fundamentals

Pre-Term Courses:

The month-long Pre-Term session ensures that everyone in a diverse incoming class begins from a common knowledge base.
- Financial accounting
- Microeconomics
- Statistics
- Financial analysis

MBA Majors:
You add depth within Wharton's broad general management foundation by majoring in one or two business areas.

- Accounting
- Business and Public Policy
- Entrepreneurial Management
- Environmental and Risk Management
- Finance
- Health Care Management
- Individualized Major
- Information: Strategy and Economics
- Insurance and Risk Management
- Legal Studies and Business Ethics
- Marketing
- Marketing and Operations Management (Joint Major)
- Multinational Management
- Operations and Information Management
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Real Estate
- Statistics
- Strategic Management

Interdisciplinary Programs:
At Wharton, you can develop interdisciplinary expertise, with a wide range of dual and joint degree options. In an effort to simplify the application process for those candidates considering other types of graduate study programs, we now accept the GRE.

The MBA/MA–Lauder Program:
The MBA/MA–Lauder Program combines foreign language skills with a passion for international business by integrating the Wharton MBA program with an MA program in international studies from Penn's School of Arts & Sciences.

MBA/MES in Environmental Studies:
This MBA/MES interdisciplinary program, offered with Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences, offers a dual master of business administration and master of environmental studies degree in three years or less.

MBA/JD:
The MBA/JD is the country’s first fully integrated three-year program with Penn’s elite business and law schools – Wharton and Penn Law.

MBA in Healthcare Management:
This unique major combines the core MBA requirements with an interdisciplinary health care major.