While EMBA students at Wharton have an average of 10 years of work experience and most are over the age of 30, about 25% of the class is comprised of “Fellows” students who are less seasoned. But don’t let their experience level fool you – Fellows applicants are fast-tracked “rising stars” in their companies who can keep up with even the most experienced of their peers in an Executive MBA classroom.

Does the Wharton EMBA program accept entrepreneurs? The Admissions Committee gets this question regularly. The traditional line of thinking is that executive MBA programs are designed for Fortune 500 managers who are being groomed for the C-suite.