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WHARTON (USA) vs. Warwick, Kings for business

Hi,

Anyone who can judge Wharton Business School (Upenn - Philadelphia) and compare it to best UK business schools such as Warwick or Kings, please give me advice which you think is better. The criteria are future job prospects, quality of life during or after uni, anything else :smile:

Thanks a lot.

PS: I would love to do business somewhere in the EU after uni

Thanks a lot for your advice!! :biggrin:

Reply 1

shady lane

16

Wharton is one of the top business schools in the world. I don't think Kings or Warwick are. So go to Wharton.
I got into a management MSc at King's with a 3.2 GPA conditional offer, if that tells you anything about the competitiveness of the course.

Reply 2

Né Stig

15

^ Warwick is fantastic for Business. KCL not as much to be honest; great school, but not their strongest subject. But Wharton is considered one of the best Business schools in the world with places like:
- LBS
- Tanaka
- Cranfield
- Warwick
- CASS
- Said
(All in the UK)
with:
- Harvard
- Wharton
(All in the US) - that's all I know. A guy at my uni came from Berkley as it didn't think much of its PhD offerings so I wouldn't say Berkley for that simple reason. But he did say that the US offers the world best Business courses, with LBS the only one matching anything like it. I asked him why he never went to a US one instead, but he got rejected from Harvard and he decided for the next few years in London instead :smile:

So - Wharton if you get an offering :wink:

Reply 3

Jenii

15

Absolutely Wharton, i would say it's the best in the world.

Warwick is one of the best in the UK, but isn't well known outside it the same way as Wharton is.

Reply 4

fonzievision

14

Warwick is easily much better than King's for that. But.. honestly, they don't even come close to Wharton. If you're set on coming here for postgrad, look into the London Business School, LSE and Oxford....

Reply 5

Oldmannow

18

ive never heard of Wharton.

is it post grad?

didnt see it in any of the USA uni tables either ??

Reply 6

Jaffaholic

A business school in an ivy league uni and youre asking about which has the better worldwide recognition.

Reply 7

shady lane

16

abrp

ive never heard of Wharton.

is it post grad?

didnt see it in any of the USA uni tables either ??

It's the business school (ug and pg) of the University of Pennsylvania.

Reply 8

Teenage Pirate

13

Wharton definately has a better postgraduate business school than both of them, but as an undergraduate school, it might not be so great.

Wharton's (undergrad) main advantages are really its reputation and the employability of its graduates. The average salary for Wharton graduates was $55,000 in 2005, which is higher than the highest salaries in the UK (LSE's £25,000 just misses.) That being said specific schools of management or programs in finance / economics from top schools might beat that.

In terms of cost, you're best off staying in Britain - if you do not receive financial aid, Wharton can cost up to $200,000 for 4 years.

Also, Wharton forces students to take many 'redundant' courses as a part of the Liberal Arts Curriculum. 47% of courses are done outside of Wharton in the other schools at Penn. A degree takes 4 years to achieve, and even after that, my personal opinion is that you get a more indepth look at your subject if you stay in Britain (not to mention you graduate in 3 years.)

Overall, I think Wharton has a definite advantage in job placement. Whether this is worth the $150,000 more that you end up paying for it, I don't know. Warwick and King's are both great universities that will offer you plenty of job opportunities/opportunities for graduate study. Wharton has a great reputation, but internationally being a student at a top school in Britain is almost as good.

Reply 9

Oldmannow

18

this is what i got fromt this website:

http://www.usnews.com/

Economics (Ph.D.)
Ranked in 2005*

Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0 = highest)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.0
University of Chicago 5.0
3. Harvard University (MA) 4.9
Princeton University (NJ) 4.9
Stanford University (CA) 4.9
University of California–Berkeley 4.9

is it the same for undergrad?

Reply 10

Jaffaholic

More importantly

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/topprogs_brief.php

Apparently the best business school in the USA, and therefore more than likely the world.

Reply 11

shady lane

16

abrp

this is what i got fromt this website:

http://www.usnews.com/

Economics (Ph.D.)
Ranked in 2005*

Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0 = highest)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.0
University of Chicago 5.0
3. Harvard University (MA) 4.9
Princeton University (NJ) 4.9
Stanford University (CA) 4.9
University of California–Berkeley 4.9

is it the same for undergrad?

I don't know why the OP put this topic here b/c he's posted it other places too. Wharton doesn't teach economics, it's a business school. You get a BS in Business Administration or an MBA.

Reply 12

upenn_rocks

OP

Thanks for the reply.

But as far as I know London Business School doesnt have undergraduate business and LSE is good in Economics, not business (it seems to be a left-wing economics school) and Oxford for business ridiculously hard to get into..

What do you think?

Reply 13

Oldmannow

18

ghost101

More importantly

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/topprogs_brief.php

Apparently the best business school in the USA, and therefore more than likely the world.

thanks.

gotta admit that site is pretty hard to navigate...or maybe im just a n00b :redface:

Reply 14

fonzievision

14

upenn_rocks

Thanks for the reply.

But as far as I know London Business School doesnt have undergraduate business and LSE is good in Economics, not business (it seems to be a left-wing economics school) and Oxford for business ridiculously hard to get into..

What do you think?

I thought you were already at UPenn and looking to do a masters in the UK. LSE does do Management, and they're not half bad. You might also want to look into Cass in that case then...

Reply 15

Chris!

It says that you can go to Wharton for an undergraduate degree on their website, is that like saying you can go to the Said Business School for an undergraduate degree, where it is listed on the SBS website but it is a University of Oxford degree?

Reply 16

shady lane

16

Yes it is a degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Reply 17

Chris!

Hmm, so which would be more respected/ranked higher, an E&M degree from Oxford or the equivalent from Pennsylvania (And yes I know they are both incredible degrees).

Reply 18

shady lane

16

Wharton is more internationally known and respected, and higher ranked, than Said. So that's your answer.

Reply 19

Chris!

I tried to find undergraduate rankings comparing them and I couldn't, just MBA rankings, does anyone have the ug ones?

WHARTON (USA) vs. Warwick, Kings for business

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