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USC
Marshall School of Business
1999 Executive MBA Profile
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1999 classes begin
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8 / 28 / 1999
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Final application deadline
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5 / 1 / 2000
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Current
total enrollment
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139
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Applications received
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180
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Applications accepted
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50%
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Accepted applicants enrolled (yield)
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79%
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Female students
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21%
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Minority students
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12%
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International students
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N/A
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Note: For the purposes of this survey, minority students are defined as African-American, Hispanic-American, and Native-American students from the U.S. Asian Americans are not included.
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Total revenues generated by EMBA program in 1998-99
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$3,112,200
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Total tuition cost
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$57,800
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Mean GMAT
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588
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Median GMAT
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580
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Range
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[min.]
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770
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[max.]
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430
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Mean GPA
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3.08
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Median GPA
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3.10
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Range
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[min.]
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2.30
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[max.]
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3.90
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Average years of work experience
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16
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Range of work experience (years)
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[min.]
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8
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[max.]
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32
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Average salary for manager in program
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$106,000
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Salary range for manager in program
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[min.]
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$40,000
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[max.]
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$350,000
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Students with advanced degrees
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30%
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Students from nonprofit sector
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14%
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Students from an organization
of 100 or fewer employees
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23%
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Students with title of president,
CEO, or chairman
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14%
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Attending executives who live or work
within 45 miles of school
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87%
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Year program was founded
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1985
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Executive MBAs to be graduated in 1999
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46
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Executive MBAs graduated in 1994
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62
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Approximate number of
degrees awarded since founding
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710
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Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
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23 / 96%
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Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
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1 / 4%
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International content
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34%
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Entrepreneurial content
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10%
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E-commerce content
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20%
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Significant changes since 1997
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The school's international trip is now preceded by six weeks of curriculum introducing specific issues that will be studied abroad.
An entire E-commerce course has been incorporated.
The business law course and several "mini-electives" have been replaced with a three-day entrepreneurship module.
The IT course has been lengthened and the communication course restructured.
More integrated, team taught sessions have been added.
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Special trips or projects outside of country
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All of the school's EMBA participants travel abroad for an eight-day intensive overseas program module and visit two countries. They meet with senior level personnel from business, education, and government to learn about global issues impacting business in that region. A written assignment is part of the module.
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Distance-learning opportunities via Internet, videoconferencing, or other medium
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Distance or Web based learning content
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15%
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Group work done via the Internet
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45%
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Contact the school for further information.
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Programs for the spouses of Executive MBA candidates
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Participation in offsite orientation, international trip, and occasional evening dinner events featuring executive guest speakers.
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Program
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N/A
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Country
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Partner
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Partnerships with domestic Executive MBA programs / corporate providers
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N/A
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Top five organizations that sent the most participants to Executive MBA Program in last five years
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Boeing
Xerox
Johnson & Johnson
Hughes
ARCO
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Faculty / Teaching Methods
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Same faculty as full-time MBA program
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40%
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Adjunct faculty
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0%
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Other
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60%
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Full-time Executive MBA faculty with at least 5 years full-time corporate experience
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55%
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Case study
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27%
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Lecture
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17%
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Distance learning
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0%
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Total hours in class
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594
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Total hours of work outside of class
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1200
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When and how often classes meet
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On alternate weekends
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