BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE: BEST B-SCHOOLS:

University of Southern California
Marshall School of Business
  OVERALL 1998 RANK: 25
BW corporate rank: 55
BW graduate rank: 18
BW 1996 rank: N/A


1999 Profile Update
School Profile
Graduates' Comments



PROSPECTS - 1997/1998 GRADS

Average pre-MBA pay*   $ 40,000
Average post-MBA starting salary (without bonus)* $ 71,000
Average first-year signing bonus* $ 17,000
Average other first-year compensation* $ 32,000
Average post-MBA total compensation* $ 121,000
Average outstanding loans due to MBA* $ 41,000

Average job offers per student*   3
Graduates with job offers*   91 %


Annual Out-of-State Tuition $ 23,958
Annual In-State Tuition $ N/A
Room & Board $ 12,000

MBA program founded in: 1960
The school's 1998/99 budget is: $38,080,000
The school's total dollar endowment:** 91,100,000



1998-99 MBA STUDENT PROFILE

1998 total enrollment   1,408
Part-time   898
Minority   15 %
Non-U.S.   23 %
Women   29 %
Interviewed in person   35 %
Applicants accepted   26 %
Accepted who enrolled   51 %
Less than one year work experience   1 %
Average number schools applicants applied to*   5
Applications received for 1999   1,835
Applications received for 2000   2,100



CLASS OF 2000 TRAITS
 
Range
 
Average
 

GMAT score 510 to 780   650  
GPA 2.3 to 4 3.3
Work experience 0 to 16 4
Age at entry 22 to 37 28


* Figures for prospects generated from Student Survey
** As of Aug. 1, 1998

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