Let’s take a look at who makes up Wharton’s class of 2020…
- Applications received: 6,245 (last year: 6,692)
- Students enrolled: 862 (last year: 863)
- Women: 43% (last year: 44%)
- U.S. students of color: 33% (same as last year)
- Countries represented: 80 (last year: 65)
- International students: 33% (same as last year)
- Mean GMAT score: 732 (last year’s average: 730)
- Mean work experience: 5 years (same as last year’s average)
- Mean GRE Verbal: 163
- Mean GRE Quant: 162
- Mean GRE Writing: 4.6
- Average undergraduate GPA: 3.6
Undergraduate majors
- Humanities – 45%
- STEM – 29%
- Business – 26%
Pre-MBA industries
FIELD | PERCENT (last year in parentheses) |
---|---|
Consulting | 27% (26%) |
Private Equity/Venture Capital | 13% (14%) |
Technology/Internet Services | 10% (9%) |
Nonprofit/Government | 9% (12%) |
Diversified Financial Services | 8% (8%) |
Investment Banking | 9% (8%) |
Other | 6% (9%) |
Healthcare | 5% (6%) |
Investment Management | 5% (3%) |
Energy | 2% (2%) |
Consumer Packaged Goods/Retail | 2% (2%) |
Media/Entertainment | 2% (1%) |
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