Wharton: #1 M.B.A. Program

Penn's Wharton School--the oldest collegiate business school--has been ranked no. 1 in the recently released Wall Street Journal's Guide to the Top Business Schools 2004. Wharton jumped to the top from fifth place in last year's survey. The annual survey is based on the results of an opinion poll of some 2,200 corporate recruiters. The Harris Interactive poll ranks schools on how well they and their graduates meet corporate talent requirements. Wharton scored very well in the categories of teaching strong financial and accounting skills, and having an excellent faculty. The others in the list of top ten business schools, in decending order are: Dartmouth College, the University of Michigan, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Harvard University, Yale University, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

  Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 5, September 23, 2003