1. 宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院

    学费：16.716万美元（宾夕法尼亚）；17.394万美元（旧金山）

    工作经验：120个月

    GMAT得分：710（平均分）

    录取率：44%

    学制：两年

    提到高级工商管理硕士（Executive MBA）课程，宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院（Wharton - Univ. of Pennsylvania）算得上是黄金标准。多年来，沃顿商学院在多项排名中始终名列前茅，吸引了世界各地众多最优秀、最聪明的高管。沃顿商学院在全日制MBA领域最大的竞争对手——哈佛（Harvard）与斯坦福（Stanford）两家商学院并不提供EMBA课程，因此，沃顿商学院绝对可以稳坐全球最佳EMBA商学院头把交椅。

    同时，沃顿商学院EMBA课程今年的学费高达167,160美元，比去年增加了约5,000美元，因此，它也是世界上最昂贵的MBA课程。

    学生们在沃顿商学院将获得由顶级师资队伍传授的一流课程，因此，高昂的学费也算是物有所值。沃顿商学院坚持提供“不掺水的”课程，这绝对不是全日制MBA课程的“轻量级”版本。也就是说：这是一个高标准、严要求的MBA课程。

    全日制MBA的录取率仅为19%，而EMBA的录取率为44%。虽然EMBA的招生要求没有全日制MBA严格，但是沃顿商学院的EMBA课程仍是全球招生门槛最高的MBA课程。

1. Wharton - Univ. of Pennsylvania

    Tuition and fees: $167,160 (Phil.); $173,940 (San Fran)

    Work experience: 120 months

    GMAT: 710 (median)

    Acceptance rate: 44%

    Program length: Two years

    As far as Executive MBA programs go, the Wharton version has pretty much become the gold standard. It is consistently ranked first by several sources over many years, and it attracts some of the best and brightest executives in the world. Its status as the best in the world is fairly secure given the fact that Wharton's biggest competitors in the full-time MBA arena -- mainly Harvard and Stanford -- do not offer EMBA programs.

    At a cost of $167,160, nearly five grand more than last year, it's also the world's most expensive MBA program.

    For the cost, you'll get an uncompromising program taught by the school's best faculty. Wharton insists that it offers an "undiluted" program, meaning that it's not a "light" version of its full-time MBA experience. Translation: This is a rigorous and demanding program with high admission standards.

    While not as selective as the school's full-time MBA program, which accepts only 19% of its applicants versus the 44% acceptance rate for EMBA candidates, it's still one of the most selective executive programs in the world.