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Career Services at the University of Pennsylvania annually 1. Post-Graduation Plans
3. Job Function
This report looks at 682 The Wharton School undergraduates
4. Geography
who received their degrees from August 2018–May 2019.
Students were surveyed through September 30th, 2019 with 5. Job Offers & Hiring Timeline
a 66% response rate. Additional information was then 6. Salary & Bonuses
collected via LinkedIn and other sources, bringing the total Continuing Education
knowledge rate up to 85%, a total of 582 known 7. Graduate Programs & Degree Level
graduate outcomes.
8. First Destinations by Concentration
CLASS OF 2019, THE WHARTON SCHOOL
Post-Graduation by the Numbers
582 responses
Volunteering 0.2%
97.6% of graduates were either employed, enrolled in continuing education, volunteering, serving in the military,
or not seeking in the first 6 months after graduation.
*Employed includes full-time employed, part-time employed, military service and volunteer service
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Full-Time Employment
Top Hiring Employers by Employment by Industry
Industry 519 responses
Venture Capital 2%
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Full-Time Employment
Employment by State
480 responses Internationally
27% of those who
25 students in 14 countries
reported their location were
5% of those who reported their location
working in New York City
Brazil
Canada
16
China
4 Colombia
5 Germany
1
Hong Kong (7)
9
India
Japan
Mexico (3)
Netherlands
Panama
Singapore
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom (4)
International Students
Of the 103 respondents working full-time who identified as “foreign nationals,” 82 (80%) were employed in the U.S.
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Full-Time Employment
Hiring Timeline
336 responses
46% 82% of graduates working full-time accepted offers before January, primarily
working in early recruiting industries like Finance and Consulting.
Received
Offer 31%
20%
Accepted
13% 14%
Offer
17%
4% 6%
9% 4%
3% 8% 1% 1% 1%
3%
Jul & Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep &
earlier later
2018 2019
Offer Method
294 responses 50% of full-time opportunities were
found through Career Services.
Career Services 50%
Other Career
Services Resources,
Previous Employer (Non-OCI) 16%
22% On Campus
Interviewing
(OCI), 50%
Applied Directly 16% Previous Employer
(through OCI), 34%
Penn Contacts 6%
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Full-Time Employment
Average Starting Salary
$82,444
$80,566 $80,354
$77,566
$76,231
Signing Bonus
Respondents Average Median
83% of respondents
Signing Bonus 268 $10,951 $10,000
Women 116 $8,268 $7,250
reported accepting a
Men 152 $10,021 $10,000 signing bonus.
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Continuing Education
Engineering
1. University of Pennsylvania (6) 21% Social Science
2. Stanford University (2)
3. Columbia University (1)
University of California (1) 4% Law
Other Programs
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2) 4% Medicine
2. Stanford University (1)
University of Pennsylvania (1)
University of Oxford (1)
4% Science (non-medical)
Doctorate,
32%
Masters,
68%
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First Destinations by Concentration
Accounting
Behavioral Economics
Business Analytics
Business Economics & Public Policy
Environmental Policy & Management *
Finance
Global Analysis *
Health Care Management & Policy
Legal Studies & Business Ethics
Management
Managing Electronic Commerce *
Marketing
Marketing & Communication *
Marketing & Operations Management
Operations, Information & Decisions
Real Estate
Retailing *
Social Impact & Responsibility *
Statistics
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Accounting
33 responses
Master's, 67%
Doctorate, 33%
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Behavioral Economics
13 responses
Pharmaceuticals/Biotechnology, 8%
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Business Analytics
104 responses
Industries 7 responses
* Multiple Concentrations
+ College Dual Degree Consulting, 57%
○ SEAS Dual Degree
Financial Services, 29%
^ Nursing Dual Degree
Government, 14%
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Finance
352 responses
Finance
352 responses
18
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Health Care Management & Policy
18 responses
Technology, 21%
* Multiple Concentrations
+ College Dual Degree
○ SEAS Dual Degree
^ Nursing Dual Degree
19
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Legal Studies & Business Ethics
17 responses
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Management
121 responses
Engineering, 50%
Business, 25%
Medicine, 25%
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Marketing
61 responses
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Marketing
61 responses
25
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Marketing & Operations Management
22 responses
* Multiple Concentrations
+ College Dual Degree
○ SEAS Dual Degree
^ Nursing Dual Degree
26
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Operations, Information & Decisions
65 responses
27
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Real Estate
26 responses
* Multiple Concentrations
+ College Dual Degree
○ SEAS Dual Degree
^ Nursing Dual Degree
28
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Statistics
82 responses
Citi, Analyst *
Financial Services, 58%
Citi, Investment Banking Analyst *
Citi, Investment Banking Analyst + Consulting, 22%
Cowen, Product Lead & Head of Data, Vice President, Kyber Data Science * Technology, 10%
Credit Suisse, Analyst *
Government, 1%
Credit Suisse, Analyst (Management Consulting) *
Credit Suisse, Investment Banking Analyst * Healthcare, 1%
Deloitte, Business Analyst + Insurance, 1%
Deutsche Bank, Investment Banking Analyst *
Evercore, Analyst (2) * Nonprofit, 1%
Evercore, Investment Banking Analyst (2) * Pharmaceuticals/Biotechnology, 1%
EY, Analyst (Management Consulting) *
Real Estate/Construction, 1%
EY, Staff 1 (Statistical Consultant) *
Facebook, Data Scientist * Transportation, 1%
Facebook, Technical Program Manager *
Flow Traders, Junior Trader *
Foros Group, Analyst * * Multiple Concentrations
Foros Group, Investment Banking Analyst * + College Dual Degree
Fulbright Program - U.S. Department of State, Fulbright Scholar + ○ SEAS Dual Degree
Goldman Sachs, Analyst (Investment Banking) * ^ Nursing Dual Degree
Goldman Sachs, Investment Banking Analyst *
Google, Inc., Data Scientist
Google, Inc., Operations Analyst
Houlihan Lokey, Financial Analyst *
* Multiple Concentrations
+ College Dual Degree
○ SEAS Dual Degree
^ Nursing Dual Degree