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PROGRAM BASICS
Institutional freshman retention rate:
99  %

Business students who graduate within four years:
92  %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:
97  %

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BS
Hours: 148

Other degree requirements:
Students are required to take both business and arts & sciences classes. More information can be found at http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/academics/academics.cfm

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
38

Average class size in business electives:
31


Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 40  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 43  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 17  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
107

Electives added in current academic year:

Social Impact & Responsibility
Strategies for Economic Inclusion
Strategic Brand Management
Mathematical Statistics
Bioinformatics

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2007

Leading areas of study:

Finance

General Management

Marketing

Operations Management

Other

International Studies

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Special programs for business students:
Wharton students can take classes in any of Penn's undergraduate schools and in eight of Penn's graduate schools. They have access to international trips, dual degree options, and diverse minors. Students take both business and liberal arts classes. Find out more here: http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/

  Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:
Yes

Work study opportunities description:
Opportunities are available on and off campus, many of which focus on service to the community.

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

Study abroad program description:
Students have access to study abroad opportunities with 20+ Wharton partner organizations, and Penn has partnerships with more than 100 programs across the globe. Find out more at: http://sa.oip.upenn.edu

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

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Volunteer opportunities description:
Many students get involved in community service projects through their clubs/organizations or social and business fraternities; Wharton students take advantage of the Civic House, the community service resource center on campus and its many student-led organizations. In addition, the Social Impact Consulting Group and the Penn International Business Volunteers are two undergraduate Wharton clubs that sponsor community service and volunteer work in the greater Philadelphia community and the world, respectively. More information can be found on our Social Impact site: http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/social/social-impact.cfm

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Wharton Undergraduate Cohorts
Wharton Women
Black Wharton
Wharton Latino
Undergraduate Financial Club
Undergraduate Sports Business Club

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Wharton Women
Black Wharton
Wharton Latino
Wharton Undergraduate Finance Club
Wharton Undergraduate Management Club

  Freshmen are required to live on campus:
Yes

  Business students are grouped in learning communities:
No

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FACULTY
Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 236
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 204
Permanent/tenured professors: 143
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 13
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 4

Prominent faculty:

Jeremy Siegel
Mauro Guillen
Olivia Mitchell

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COMMENTS
Wharton is committed to fostering a strong community of scholars through a four year integration of business and liberal arts coursework, hands on learning and related club activities. To help students transition into college experience, we ask incoming freshmen to complete PennSTART (Successful Transition and Resilience Training), a confidential online program designed to help students efficiently and effectively manage life's many challenges. Skills taught through the online training are reinforced through our gateway freshman class Management 100. This will be our second year running the program, building on positive feedback from its launch

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Total living alumni:
35,954

Percent of alumni who gave, 2008-09 academic year:
22  %

Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$  0

Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$  0

  Single donation in excess of $10 million in 2008-09?
No


Prominent alumni:

Name: Michael Nutter
Title: Mayor, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Name: Gary G. Gensler
Title: Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Corporation
Name: Jon Huntsman, Sr.
Title: Executive Chairman of the Board, Huntsman Corporation