The Wharton School

If you’re driven to bring inspired business solutions to nonprofit, art, science, medical, or traditional business contexts, or wherever innovation and leadership are needed, the world’s first business school provides an exceptional undergraduate education.

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Wharton offers a comprehensive undergraduate business program together with extensive study in the liberal arts and sciences, enabling students to pursue highly customized business degrees. We’re one of just a few business schools with a curricular flexibility that offers students the opportunity to study abroad.  

Wharton faculty are committed to teaching a global perspective in business practice. Our world-renowned business faculty teaches undergraduate, master’s, and PhD candidates. 

In Applicants to the Wharton School, We Would Like to See:

  • An interest in business to fuel positive change to advance the world's economic and social well-being 
  • Demonstrated leadership 
  • Strong preparation in mathematics, particularly calculus 

Areas of Study

Concentrations

All students graduate from Wharton with a Bachelor of Science in economics; however, each student is required to choose a concentration featuring courses that explore a particular area of business in depth. Students can change their concentration at any time and can design an individualized concentration if they cannot find a standard one that aligns with their interests. 

 Coordinated Dual-Degree, Accelerated, and Specialized Programs

If you have focused academic interests, you can apply to programs that will enable you to earn more than one degree as you delve deeply into a specific area of interest. Learn more about all programs here. 

Those programs that include a degree in the Wharton School include:

  • Huntsman: The Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business
  • LSM: The Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management
  • M&T: The Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology
  • NHCM: Nursing and Health Care Management