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University of South Carolina
The Darla Moore School of Business
2000 Part-time MBA Profile (Distance Program)
Address: 1705 College Street
Columbia, SC 29208
E-Mail: gradadmit@darla.badm.sc.edu
Website: http://darlamoore.badm.sc.edu


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Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 276 On-campus enrollment N/A Distance-program enrollment 276
Total full-time enrollment 449

Female students enrolled 24% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 6% Out-of-country students enrolled 5%
Females in applicant pool 30% Underrepresented minority* applicants 10% Out-of-country applicants 3%

Students with advanced degrees 9% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school
32%

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
0% Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
65%

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 222 Applications accepted (selectivity) 77% Admitted applicants enrolled (yield) 68%

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

Class Traits
Mean GMAT 577 Median GMAT 560 Range [min.] 420  [max.] 730 

Mean TOEFL
(paper-based equivalent)
643 Median TOEFL 643 Range [min.] 643 [max.] 643

Student age Average 29 Age range from 23 to 50

Work experience (months) Average 66 Range (months) [min.] 0 to [max.] 293

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 20


Career Data

Average salary of students in program $55,000 Salary range of students in program [min.] $25,000 to [max.] $110,000

Students from an organization of 100 or fewer employees 15% Students from nonprofit sector 10%


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Careers
Top 10 organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:
1. Westinghouse 15 6. Allied Signal 8
2. Sonoco Products Company 5 7. Systems and Computer Technologies 5
3. Westvaco 6 8. SCANA Corp. 6
4. Michelin Tire Corp. 5 9. Duke Energy Corp. 4
5. AVX 4 10.MYND 5


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1970 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding 1,800

PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 96 PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 78

Laptop required No Institution Public Accelerated PT program offered? N/A

Average number of years to complete PT program 3 Maximum number of years permitted to complete PT program 6

Possible for students to change status from PT to full-time Yes When At any time desired.

Total revenues generated by PT MBA program in 1999-2000 $900,000 Total 1999-2000 budget for PT program $600,000

Tuition Costs
Average total (not annual) cost of PT MBA N/A In-state $14,427 Out-of-state $27,063

Cost per core course (3 credit equivalent) N/A In-state $639 Out-of-state $1,341

Application Deadlines
Admissions Financial Aid
Fall 2000 N/A Fall 2000 N/A
Winter 2000-01 N/A Winter 2000-01 N/A
Spring 2001 N/A Spring 2001 N/A
Summer 2001 N/A Summer 2001 N/A

Does the school offer rolling admissions? Yes

Classes Start
N/A



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Careers
Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
12 / 67% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
6 / 20%

International content 20% Entrepreneurial content 10% E-commerce content 10%

Distance or Web-based learning content 0% Group work done via the Internet 5% Core PT MBA curriculum last revised May 1, 1996

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
The school's elective offerings change every term

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
N/A


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Careers
Faculty profile
Same faculty as full-time MBA program 100% Adjunct faculty N/A Other N/A
Full-time MBA faculty with at least 5 years of full-time corporate experience 30%

Teaching methods
Case study 50% Lecture 50% Other N/A N/A
Average number of students in core class 83 Average number of students in elective class 46

Class schedule
Total hours in class 720 Total hours of work outside of class 1,440
When and how often classes meet   Evenings and 14 Saturdays per calendar year

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Careers
Program N/A Country N/A Partner N/A


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Careers
PT MBA student access to career management office Yes At what point At any point

Estimated percentage of PT students who use the career management office 5% Estimated percentage of PT students who use their MBA to change careers 20%


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni
(as of summer 2000)
7,381 Alumni clubs 44

Living alumni who gave to the annual
fund-raising efforts of the school in 1999-2000
1,110 Median gift $125 Average gift $140


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Administration
Dean Joel A. Smith, III E-mail smithj@darla.badm.sc.edu
Director of PT MBA Program Paul Yazel E-mail yazel@darla.badm.sc.edu
Director of PT Admissions Reena Lichtenfeld E-mail Rlichten@darla.badm.sc.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Ellen Moore E-mail emoore@darla.badm.sc.edu
Director of Financial Aid Libby Shropshier E-mail shropshier@darla.badm.sc.edu
Director of Career Services Jerry Paschal E-mail paschal@darla.badm.sc.edu

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