<p>66 58 Dartmouth College USA
67 69 Stockholm University Sweden
68 67 University of Ghent Belgium
69 77 University of Copenhagen Denmark
70 62 University of Pennsylvania USA
71 87 University of Washington USA
72 68 École de Management de Lyon France</p>
<p>Sample size is 2,500 international recruiters in 20 countries</p>
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<p>I was shocked to find out that Penn ranked at 70, it is really a big surprise as deep in my mind for ages Penn is one of the high competitive Ivy League school equivalent almost to Harvard, Yale, Princeton! Columbia! and Wharton is always named as the top and best undergraduate business school in the world? I was devastated to learn and I am now hesitated if I am continue with my RD application for Penn or Wharton.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any clues or explanations?</p>
<p>Lol, there are dozens of different surveys and rankings flying around and they all say different things. They are just noise, and they don’t matter in the slightest. Wharton is the single best undergraduate school in the U.S. for anyone interested in finance, as anyone working in the industry will tell you. Only Harvard could be considered an equal in terms of finance recruiting, but at Penn your classes will be a lot more relevant so it has an edge IMO. Anybody who tells you different has an agenda or doesn’t know what they are talking about.</p>
<p>The main reason studies like these tend to produce crazy results is the recruiters/etc surveyed is too broad. Your average job recruiter in the U.S. probably knows little to nothing about Penn or Wharton. They know a lot about local state schools and schools that are well known to everyone, such as Harvard. But these people are not the job recruiters you care about if you are a Wharton student - you are not applying to 50th percentile jobs. You only care about what the people recruiting for jobs in the 99th percentile think, and they all know how good Penn is. </p>
<p>Bottom line is, if you feel the need to attend a school that is well known to your Grandma and recruiters for back office jobs in the Midwest, then you better aim for Harvard or Yale or Princeton. If you realize that none of that stuff matters, and you just want to go to a school that will give you great recruiting options, then consider Penn.</p>
<p>Please…the list puts BU or Brown way above Penn. Penn is a school known for its pre professional culture and everyone is very set on finding a good job. It might not have the name recognition go Harvard or Princeton but trust me in the recruiting circles of high end jobs( which is what most penn grads go on to get) penn has incredible recognition and clout. Just look at the linkedin rankings. I don’t know their methodology here but there is something very flawed. Penn is the number one target school for firms(even above Harvard). </p>
<p>And also just to clarify penn is up there (not almost) with hyp and Columbia in terms of actual value and just a notch down in terms of prestige from hyp but on the same level as Columbia. Still, in the modern world prestige is becoming increasingly irrelevant and actual value and practical skills are way more important.</p>
<p>The surveys on salaries like what @Penn95 posted should also be taken with a huge grain of salt because they ignore bonuses. That makes them irrelevant for evaluating a school like Wharton where many grads go into finance, and many times ~50% or more of a graduate’s first year pay will come in the form of signing & end of year bonuses. These surveys drastically underestimate average total compensation for Wharton grads.</p>