2000 Rank:    24 1998 Rank:    25 1996 Rank:    Second Tier		Maintains solid footing with students and gains ground with recruiters, who have discovered the school's talented grads.		USC INSIDER CONTENT Admissions Q&A Admission Interview Tips Sample Application Essays School Tour USC PROFILES Full-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 Part-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 EMBA '03 | '01 Exec ed '03 | '01 USC INFO Admissions Q&A '02 | '99 | '98 Placement Q&A '04 | '99 Financial Aid Q&A '99 | Search for articles about USC USC RANKINGS Full-time MBA rank: 2004:   27     1994:   --     2002:   17     1992:   --     2000:   24     1990:   --     1998:   25     1988:   --     1996:   --     BW ranking history EMBA rank: 2003:   12     1997:   --     2001:   6     1993:   --     1999:   --

* Business Week uses the Graduate Management Admission Council's standards for reporting data.

** Underrepresented minority students are defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American. They do not include Asian Americans.

Recruitment * Estimated percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who took a job at a company with fewer than 100 employees 10% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 90% Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 87 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 220 Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 3

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. Hewlett Packard 11 6. ClickTex.com 4 2. Bank of America 5 7. Intel 4 3. Deloitte & Touche 5 8. Mattel 4 4. Pricewaterhouse Coopers 5 9. Artison Entertainment 3 5. Wells Fargo 5 10. Dell 3

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $78,500 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $80,492 Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $12,500 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $14,320 Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 84% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 52%

Students Report Median total investment $145,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $80,000 Median MBA loans $37,000 Median signing bonus $6,000 Number of job offers by graduation 3 Median other compensation $6,000 Average number of business plans written 3

* The information presented in this section was collected using the MBA Career Services Council's Standards for Reporting MBA Employment Statistics

Basic Information Institution is Private Core MBA curriculum last revised in 2000 Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 N/A Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No

School Concentrations / Specializations Business of Entertainment Entrepreneurship and Venture Management General Financial Management Corporate Finance Investments and Financial Markets Real Estate Finance Strategic Management Process Consulting Information Systems Service Operations Management Manufacturing Operations Management Human Resource Management Management Consulting Client Management (Marketing) Product Management (Marketing) Technology Development and E-business

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years Technology Development and E-business General Financial Management Manufacturing Operations Management Process Consulting General Marketing Finance/Marketing (combined) Strategic Management

Students Report Most Popular Professors Most Popular Electives L. DeAngelo H. DeAngelo FBE 529 Financial Analysis & Valuation Marketing Strategy & Policy

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 50% Case study 30% Other 20% Grading system Letter grades Describe other experiential, projects Average number of students in core class 71 Average number of students in elective class 27 Mandatory study trip abroad? Yes Exchange programs or campuses abroad? N/A Accelerated MBA program? N/A Distance learning degree program? No

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 181 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 4 Number of tenured professors 77 Percent of tenured professors who are female 16% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 1% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 15%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years $1,327,000 Changes made over the past three years The school's new $25 million MBA building has the latest technology.

Tuition and Fees Resident $27,060 Nonresident $27,060 Room & board $11,000 Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $42,000

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic Nov. 1, 2000 International N/A Domestic N/A Domestic Dec. 4, 2000 N/A International N/A Domestic Jan. 8, 2001 International Jan. 8, 2001 Domestic Feb. 5, 2001 International Domestic Apr. 0201 International Apr. 2, 2001         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   No

Dean		Randolph W. Westerfield		E-mail address		rwesterfield@marshall.usc.edu
Director of MBA Programs		Suh-Pyng Ku		E-mail address		Suhpyng.ku@marshall.usc.edu
Director of Admissions		Keith Vaughn		E-mail address		kvaughn@marshall.usc.edu
Director of Alumni Relations		Cheryl Zimmer		E-mail address		cheryl.zimmer@marshall.usc.edu
Director of Financial Aid		Catherine Thomas		E-mail address		ccthomas@usc.edu
Director of Career Services		Tom Kozicki		E-mail address		tom.kozicki@marshall.usc.edu

Living MBA alumni

14,800

Alumni clubs

4

Placement Services for Alumni?

Yes

Percent of living alumni who gave to the school's fund-raising efforts in 1999-2000

6%

Median gift

N/A

Average gift

N/A

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name John W. Crowe Title Senior Associate Dean