Wharton's New Record GMAT Score

ONE IN FIVE STUDENTS FROM CONSULTING

One in five students (exactly 20%) came to Wharton from the consulting industry, exactly the same as the year earlier. The other sectors which increased their representation among Wharton’s new class was non-profit and consumer products. Students who had worked for the government, the military and non-profits rose to 13% from 11%. Students who had experience in consumer products, retail, healthcare and energy also increase by two percentage points to 12% from 10%.

Another surprised buried in the numbers? An increase in the number of students willing to go for a dual law and business degree. Wharton said it enrolled 19 students this year in its JD/MBA program, up from just 13 a year ago.

How Wharton’s Class of 2016 Compares with the Class of 2015

Criteria	Class of 2016	Class of 2015
Applications	6,111	6,036
Enrolled Class	859	837
Health Care Management Program	70	68
JD/MBA Program	19	13
Lauder Program in International Studies	61	69
Female	40%	42%
International Students	31%	35%
Countries Represented (including dual citizens)	71	69
U.S. Students of Color	30%	30%
Mean Years of Work Experience	5 years	5 years
Years of Work Experience Range	0-16	0-13
GMAT Range	620-780	630-790
GMAT Average	728	725
Middle 80% GMAT Range	710-750	690-760
UNDERGRAD MAJORS
Humanities/Social Science/Economics	45%	44%
Business	27%	28%
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)	23%	25%
PREVIOUS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Consulting	20%	20%
Private Equity/Venture Capital	12%	12%
Investment Banking	9%	12%
Government/Military/Non-Profit	13%	11%
Consumer Products/Retail/Healthcare/Energy	12%	10%
Other Financial Services	7%	8%
Technology/Internet/E-Commerce	6%	6%
Investment Management	6%	4%
Real Estate	2%	3%
Other Industries	9%	14%

Source: Wharton Class Profiles

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