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Is Wharton better than Columbia Business School?

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The Columbia Business School ranks #8, and The Wharton School ranks at #2 according to the rankings released by the QS World ranking body for the year 2025. If the point to consider is employability, according to the Employment report 2023 published by Wharton, 97.2% of the students who were seeking employment received an offer letter within three months, while it stands at 84% for Columbia Business School.

The table compares these two best Business schools in depth:

Criteria	Columbia Business School	Wharton School
Location	New York	Philadelphia, USA
Average Starting Salary	USD 175,000 (INR 1.47 Cr)	USD 175,000 (1.47 Cr)
Sign-On Bonus	USD 30,000 (INR 25 L)	USD 30,000 (INR 25 L)
Acceptance Rate (Class 2026)	8.07%	11.8%
First-Year Tuition (MBA)	USD 88,300 (INR 74.6 L)	USD 84,830 (INR 71.6 L)
Return on Investment (ROI) Based on the Data of first year tuition fee and the average median salary	198.8%	206.2%
Top Companies Hiring	· McKinsey & Company · Boston Consulting Group · Bain & Company · Amazon · Morgan Stanley · Deloitte · PwC Strategy& · Google · JPMorgan Chase &	· Ab Bernstein · Activision Blizzard · Adobe Inc. · Alixpartners · Alpine Investors
Ranking (QS World 2025)	#8	#2
Average GPA	3.5	3.6
Average GMAT Score (MBA Class 2026)	732	732
Average GRE Quant Score (Class 2026)	162	163
Average GRE Verbal Score (Class 2026)	162	162
Placement Rate (2023) within three months of commencement	84%	97.2%

The Columbia Business School ranks #8, and The Wharton School ranks at #2 according to the rankings released by the QS World ranking body for the year 2025. If the point to consider is employability, according to the Employment report 2023 published by Wharton, 97.2% of the students who were seeking employment received an offer letter within three months, while it stands at 84% for Columbia Business School.The table compares these two best Business schools in depth: <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><th valign="top" width="200">Criteria</th><th valign="top" width="200">Columbia Business School  </th><th valign="top" width="200">Wharton School   </th></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Location</td><td valign="top" width="200">New York </td><td valign="top" width="200">Philadelphia, USA</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Average Starting Salary</td><td valign="top" width="200">USD 175,000 (INR 1.47 Cr)</td><td valign="top" width="200">USD 175,000 (1.47 Cr)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Sign-On Bonus</td><td valign="top" width="200">USD 30,000 (INR 25 L)</td><td valign="top" width="200">USD 30,000 (INR 25 L)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Acceptance Rate (Class 2026)</td><td valign="top" width="200">8.07%</td><td valign="top" width="200">11.8%</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">First-Year Tuition (MBA)</td><td valign="top" width="200">USD 88,300 (INR 74.6 L)</td><td valign="top" width="200">USD 84,830 (INR 71.6 L)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Return on Investment (ROI) Based on the Data of first year tuition fee and the average median salary</td><td valign="top" width="200">198.8%</td><td valign="top" width="200">206.2%</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Top Companies Hiring</td><td valign="top" width="200">·         McKinsey & Company·         Boston Consulting Group·         Bain & Company·         Amazon·         Morgan Stanley·         Deloitte·         PwC Strategy&·         Google·         JPMorgan Chase &</td><td valign="top" width="200">·         Ab Bernstein·         Activision Blizzard·         Adobe Inc.·         Alixpartners·         Alpine Investors </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Ranking (QS World 2025)</td><td valign="top" width="200">#8</td><td valign="top" width="200">#2</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Average GPA</td><td valign="top" width="200">3.5</td><td valign="top" width="200">3.6</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Average GMAT Score (MBA Class 2026)</td><td valign="top" width="200">732</td><td valign="top" width="200">732</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Average GRE Quant Score (Class 2026)</td><td valign="top" width="200">162</td><td valign="top" width="200">163</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Average GRE Verbal Score (Class 2026)</td><td valign="top" width="200">162</td><td valign="top" width="200">162</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Placement Rate (2023) within three months of commencement</td><td valign="top" width="200">84%</td><td valign="top" width="200">97.2%</td></tr></tbody></table>