The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania offers an MBA with a major in finance, which is the program's most popular major. The school encourages a team approach, with first-year MBA students working in cohorts with five to six classmates. According to the university's website, the Wharton School has more than 250 faculty members and more than 20 research centers and initiatives that "connect cutting-edge research to real-world business practice." U.S. News & World Report ranked the Wharton MBA in finance No. 1 in the U.S. in 2010.
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School
420 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-6183
upenn.edu
The Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago offers an MBA with a concentration in finance or analytic finance. The program features a flexible curriculum, with opportunities for multiple concentrations and multidisciplinary study. According to the the university's website, the Booth School offers more advanced finance courses than any other business school in the nation. U.S. News & World Report ranked the Booth MBA in finance No. 2 in the nation in 2010.
University of Chicago
Booth School of Business
5807 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
773-702-7369
chicagobooth.edu
The Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University offers an MBA with several finance options. Students can specialize in finance, corporate finance, financial instruments and markets, financial systems and analytics, or quantitative finance. The school also offers a slef-paced, part-time MBA that can be completed in two to six years, which offers the same finance specializations. U.S. News & World Report ranked the Stern MBA in finance No. 3 in the nation in 2010.
New York University
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
44 W. Fourth St.
New York, NY 10012-1126
212-998-0600
stern.nyu.edu