Other name | Wharton Business School, The Wharton School, Wharton |
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Former name | Wharton School of Finance and Economy |
Motto | Knowledge for action |
Type | Private business school |
Established | 1881 |
Founder | Joseph Wharton |
Parent institution | University of Pennsylvania |
Endowment | $1.289 billion (2015)[1] |
Dean | Erika H. James[2] |
Academic staff | 486 (2018)[3][note 1] |
Students | 5,063 (2018)[3] |
Undergraduates | 2,617 (2018)[3] |
Postgraduates | 1,784 MBA (2018)[3] 463 EMBA (2018)[3] 199 PhD (2018)[3] |
Location | , , United States 39°57′12″N 75°11′53″W / 39.953232°N 75.197993°W |
Website | www |
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (/ˈhwɔːrtən/ WHAWR-tən; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, United States. Wharton School is believe to be the world's oldest collegiate business school.[4][5]