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University of Southern California
Marshall School of Business
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: 701 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0802
E-Mail: uscmbapm@marshall.usc.edu
Website: www.marshall.usc.edu


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Admissions
Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 719 On-campus enrollment N/A Distance-program enrollment 0
Total full-time enrollment N/A

Female students enrolled 23% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled 8% Out-of-country students enrolled 3%
Females in applicant pool 28% Underrepresented minority* applicants 10% Out-of-country applicants 4%

Students with advanced degrees 18% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school
50%

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
0% Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
20%

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 610 Applications accepted (selectivity) 53% Admitted applicants enrolled (yield) 73%

*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 630 Median GMAT 650 Range [min.] 540  [max.] 750 

Mean TOEFL
(paper-based equivalent)
608 Median TOEFL 610 Range [min.] 560 [max.] 660

Student age Average 30 Age range from 24 to 45

Work experience (months) Average 68 Range (months) [min.] 24 to [max.] 180

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 0


Career Data

Average salary of students in program N/A Salary range of students in program [min.] N/A to [max.] N/A

Students from an organization of 100 or fewer employees 25% Students from nonprofit sector 7%


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Careers
Top 10 organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:
1. Boeing 38 6. Nestle 8
2. Disney 18 7. Sony 7
3. BP Amoco (ARCO) 16 8.
4. Allied Signal 10 9.
5. PIMCO 10 10.


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1962 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding N/A

PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 234 PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 244

Laptop required No Institution Private Accelerated PT program offered? No

Average number of years to complete PT progam 3 Maximum number of years permitted to complete PT program 5

Possible for students to change status from PT to full-time No When N/A

Total revenues generated by PT MBA program in 1999-2000 N/A Total 1999-2000 budget for PT program N/A

Tuition Costs
Average total (not annual) cost of PT MBA In-state N/A Out-of-state N/A

Cost per core course (3 credit equivalent) In-state N/A Out-of-state N/A

Application Deadlines
Admissions Financial Aid
Fall 2000 N/A Fall 2000 Aug. 4, 2000
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 / 57% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
9 / 21%

International content 21% Entrepreneurial content 15% E-commerce content 10%

Distance or Web-based learning content N/A Group work done via the Internet N/A Core PT MBA curriculum last revised May 15, 1998

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
The school expanded its "Pre-Fall" intensive orientation from 24 to 48 hours (six days and 1.5 units of course credit).

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
Required International Travel (PM Globe preceded by a semester-long macro-economics course.)


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Careers
Faculty profile
Same faculty as full-time MBA program 98% Adjunct faculty 1% Other 1%
Full-time MBA faculty with at least 5 years
of full-time corporate experience
80%

Teaching methods
Case study 40% Lecture 35% Other 25% Group work
Average number of students in core class 59 Average number of students in elective class 22

Class schedule
Total hours in class 560 Total hours of work outside of class 1,200
When and how often classes meet   Evenings

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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 Career advising and career workshops are available throughout program. Campus recruiting is available in the final year.

Estimated percentage of PT students who use the career management office 15% Estimated percentage of PT students who use their MBA to change careers 25%


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni
(as of summer 2000)
14,800 Alumni clubs 4

Living alumni who gave to the annual
fund-raising efforts of the school in 1999-2000
3,848 Median gift N/A Average gift N/A


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Administration
Dean Carl Voigt E-mail carl.voigt@marshall.usc.edu
Director of PT MBA Program Jeanette Christensen E-mail jchristen@marshall.usc.edu
Director of PT Admissions Gretchen Lees E-mail glees@marshall.usc.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Cheryl Zimmer E-mail cheryl.zimmer@marshall.usc.edu
Director of Financial Aid Ben Shaver E-mail N/A
Director of Career Services Tom Kozicki E-mail tom.kozicki@marshall.usc.edu

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