The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

• Founded in 1881, the Wharton School, the world's oldest business college, hosts a range of programs from pre-college summer sessions for high school juniors and seniors to doctoral studies. Its mission today is to be "the most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world."
  
  

Johnson Graduate School of Management

• Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management offers full-time graduate business study, including a typical two-year program and an accelerated 12-month program, as well as executive study and Ph.D. programs for those interested in research and business education.
  
  

Tuck School of Business

• The first graduate school of business, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College has only one degree program, the MBA. A smaller program in size but not in quality or prestige, the Tuck program emphasizes student-faculty interaction to craft the next generation of business leaders.
  
  

Harvard Business School

• Perhaps the most well-known of all the Ivy League business schools, Harvard Business School introduced the case method of study, a method used at colleges and universities around the world. Degrees awarded include the MBA, executive MBA and Ph.D. The "Harvard Business Review," a respected business publication utilized by educational and commercial institutions alike, discusses current business issues.
  
  

Yale School of Management

• The Yale University business program is an integrated study of organizations, including ethical and moral considerations, designed to prepare students for today's global, cross-functional business environment.
  
  

Columbia Business School

• In its business program, Columbia University emphasizes cross-disciplinary studies to encourage students to capitalize on ideas from many disciplines in their decision making and problem solving. In addition to full-time study, Columbia offers executive and short-term study programs for different levels of management as well as the Certificate in Business Excellence, which requires 18 days of study.
  
  

Other Ivy League Options

• Brown and Princeton, the other two Ivy League universities, do not offer business programs. However, in 2010, Brown University announced a partnership with IE Business School in Madrid, Spain, wherein, through a 15-month combined online and classroom program conducted between the two campuses, students may obtain a business degree from IE Business School.
  
  For students interested specifically in finance, Princeton University's Bendheim Center for Finance offers both undergraduate and graduate studies in finance.