The premier business school, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN), announced its plans to accept crypto for tuition fees. This business school in the US is launching its series of Blockchain classes for which they will accept the fees in crypto as well.
As mentioned in the press release launched on October 28, the prestigious business school disclosed t
The school’s press release announced on October 28 disclosed this news. It said that the Wharton School would start accepting Bitcoin and other cryptos for tuition fees. However, this payment method is only for their online Blockchain and digital assets program scheduled for January 2022.
As the news stated, the Ivy League business school will launch a six-week “Economics of Blockchain & Digital Assets” program for business and tech professionals. The academic director of this program said that digital assets and Blockchain are here to stay. These classes are designed to help execs and professionals from different backgrounds like management, finance, and tech.
Meanwhile, Wharton School is the first Ivy League or US business to accept crypto for tuition fees from participants. Also, one of the biggest crypto supporters, Elon Musk, is among the Wharton School’s alumni network. With crypto-assets going mainstream each day, more institutes will soon offer crypto as their payment method.
