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Is Wharton better than Harvard?

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Loveleen Sharma | Contributor-Level 9

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Despite of, both the B-Schools are top notch and considered the best in the world, The Wharton School by Penn ranks #2, and Harvard Business School ranks at #3 according to the rankings released by the QS World ranking body for the year 2025. If the consideration is employability, according to the employment report 2023 published by HBS, 86% of the students who were seeking employment received an offer letter, on the other hand 97.2% of the students seeking employment received an offer letter from The Wharton School of Business:

The table compares these two best Business schools in depth:

Criteria	Harvard Business School	The Wharton School
Location	Boston, Massachusetts	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)	9.43%	11.8%
Tuition (MBA)	USD 76,410 (INR 64.5 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	229%	206.2%
Top Companies Hiring	· JP Morgan Chase · Nike · Glossier · L'Oréal	· Ab Bernstein · Activision Blizzard · Adobe Inc. · Alixpartners · Alpine Investors
Ranking (QS World 2025)	#3	#2

(USD 1 = INR 84.41)

Despite of, both the B-Schools are top notch and considered the best in the world, The Wharton School by Penn ranks #2, and Harvard Business School ranks at #3 according to the rankings released by the QS World ranking body for the year 2025. If the consideration is employability, according to the employment report 2023 published by HBS, 86% of the students who were seeking employment received an offer letter, on the other hand 97.2% of the students seeking employment received an offer letter from The Wharton School of Business: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">Harvard Business School  </th><th valign="top" width="200">The Wharton School  </th></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Location</td><td valign="top" width="200">Boston, Massachusetts</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">9.43%</td><td valign="top" width="200">11.8%</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Tuition (MBA)</td><td valign="top" width="200">USD 76,410 (INR 64.5 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">229%</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"><!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->JP Morgan Chase<!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->Nike<!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->Glossier<!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->L'Oréal</td><td valign="top" width="200"><!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->Ab Bernstein<!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->Activision Blizzard<!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->Adobe Inc.<!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->Alixpartners<!- [if !supportLists]->·         <!- [endif]->Alpine Investors </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Ranking (QS World 2025)</td><td valign="top" width="200">#3</td><td valign="top" width="200">#2</td></tr></tbody></table> (USD 1 = INR 84.41)