MBA Applications To Wharton Soar By 21% To A New Record by: John A. Byrne on September 04, 2020 | | 20,911 Views September 4, 2020 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Outside the Wharton School on the University of Pennsylvania campus – Ethan Baron photo FINANCE STILL TOP BACKGROUND FOR INCOMING MBA STUDENTS Not surprisingly, the largest single group of students had worked in finance, with that industry representing 32% of the class, exactly the same percentage as last year; followed by consulting (24%), technology and Internet services (10%), nonprofit and government (15%), healthcare (5%), consumer packaged goods and retail (4%), energy (2%), and media/entertainment (1%). All are in line with recent-year totals, often with just one-percentage-point changes here and there (see table below). In the finance group, students from private equity and venture capital topped every sector as usual, with 12% of the class. Some 7% were in investment banking, down two percentage points from last year, 5% in investment management, and 8% in other financial services jobs. Wharton said its newest incoming MBA students averaged five years of work experience, with a range of zero to 14 years. Of the 916 students in the new class, 17 are JD/MBA students, up a couple from last year; 80 are in the dual-degree Lauder program, a big increase from last year’s 67 total. That jump surprised Abraham because, she says, “that is the opposite of what I would have expected since travel is so limited now.” Some 76 students are in Wharton’s health management option, down just two students from a year earlier. Another pair came into this class from the school’s Moelis deferred admissions program. DON’T MISS: The New HBS Class Profile: Harvard Enrolls Smallest MBA Class In Decades or Columbia Sets New MBA Application Record: Nearly 7,000 Previous PagePage 2 of 2 1 2 Questions about this article? Email us or leave a comment below. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.