EXECUTIVE MBA Profiles Publish Date 11/05/09

University of Southern California

Marshall School of Business

Getting In

PROGRAM BASICS

USC Marshall Executive MBA (EMBA) Program

USC Marshall School of Business

University Park Campus
Los Angeles , California 90089 United States

Status:

Private Institution

Length of program (months):

Classes meet:

Alternate weekends

Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

Resident: $ 101,000
Non Resident: $ 101,000

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Other

WASC

SCHOOL BASICS

Graduate business school enrollment:

Total: 2,007
Full-Time MBA: 516
Part-time MBA: 783
Executive MBA: 338
PhD Program: 78

Undergraduate business school enrollment:

3,538

Graduate degree programs:

Master of Accounting

Other graduate degree programs:

Master of Business Taxation, Master of Science in Business Administration, Master of Medical Management

ADMISSIONS

Rolling admissions?

Yes

GMAT Required?

If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment?

Transcripts, employment

Middle 80% range of GMAT scores:

N/A

Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers?

Yes

Minimum TOEFL required:

600

Application fee:

$ 175

Number of applications to the newest class:

276

Applicants accepted:

62 %

Admitted applicants enrolled:

77 %

Applicant interviews are:

By invitation only

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

95 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

CLASS PROFILE

EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

Female: 20 %
International: 1 %

Entering students are from the following regions:

Africa : 0 %
Asia: 8 %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 0 %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %
Middle East: 0 %
North America: 90 %
Oceania : 0 %
Western Europe: 0 %

Entering North American citizens are from the following regions:

West: 98 %
Midwest: 0 %
Southwest: 1 %
South: 1 %
Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
Northeast: 0 %
Possessions and territories: 0 %
Canada: 0 %

U.S. students in newest entering class who are:

African American: 3 %
Asian American: 21 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 9 %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 2 %
Native American: 2 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 59 %
Chose not to report: 3 %
Other: 1 %

Average months of work experience:

166

Middle 80% range work experience, months:

From: 106
To: 240

Average age:

Middle 80% age range:

From: 32
To: 45

Work background:

Have advanced degrees: 26 %
Work in the nonprofit sector: 4 %
Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 0 %
Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 15 %

EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus:

79 %

Average base salary for new EMBA entrant:

$ 167,000

Middle 80% base salary range:

Low: $ 90,000
High: $ 220,000

Students work in these functional categories:

Consulting: 11 %
Finance/Accounting: 24 %
General Management : 13 %
Human Resources: 1 %
Marketing/Sales: 21 %
Management Information Systems : 11 %
Operations/Logistics: 12 %
Other: 7 %

Students work in these industries:

Consulting: 6 %
Consumer Products: 5 %
Financial Services: 12 %
Government: 6 %
Manufacturing: 11 %
Media/Entertainment: 8 %
Non-Profit: 4 %
Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 14 %
Real Estate: 8 %
Technology: 15 %
Other: 9 %

Academics & Lifestyle

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

212

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 75
Non-Tenured: 137

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 2

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 12
Non-Tenured: 51

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 18
Non-Tenured: 23

International Faculty:

Tenured: 16
Non-Tenured: 45

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 72
Non-Tenured: 87

STUDENT LIFE

Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project?

Yes

Description:

EMBA students and some of our faculty are sent to visit companies located in countries in the Pacific Rim.

Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants?

Yes

Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants?

Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym?

Yes

How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles)

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods:

Case Study: 25 %
Distance Learning: 0 %
Experiential Learning: 10 %
Lectures: 25 %
Simulations: 10 %
Team Projects: 20 %
Other: 10 %

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:

100 %

Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty:

48 %

Average class size, core EMBA class:

Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

Hours per week in class: 6
Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20

Last revision of core EMBA curriculum:

2009

Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium?

Description:

N/A

Graduation Requirements:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter grade average

Class participation accounts for some percentage of students' grades

Other:

Marshall has a commitment to improve student awareness and understanding of economic, institutional, and culture issues pertinent to business, markets, policies, and international trade. Each year, for the past 10 years, all Marshall MBA students and many of our faculty are sent to visit companies located in countries surrounding the Pacific Rim. These global programs expose students to issues faced by global managers through coursework, projects and travel that allow them to compare and contrast the US business experience with those of companies outside the U.S.

Additional EMBA Programs:
EMBA programs run in another country:

Global EMBA in partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China

Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

N/A

Recent changes to EMBA program:

Communications is taught on an ongoing basis throughout the two years rather than concentrated in a single course taught in a narrow time frame.

TECHNOLOGY

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

Disaster recovery site, wireless coverage, Thin Client laptops, Behavioral Lab created, interactive ethics module, disk & data duplication, remote access to all lab software, doubled email quotas for students, on-demand CRM, SharePoint, web accessible file storage, public calendar, emergency contact system, bidding-style course registration system, online real-time study room reservations for graduate students, online testing for graduate prerequisites, enhanced classroom AV/technology

Amount spent:

$ 21,000,000

Alumni Affairs & Careers

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

24,500

Active MBA alumni clubs:

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

6 %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$ 1,688

Median gift from MBA alumni:

$ 425

Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?

Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?

Yes

Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?

Yes

University alumni networking site:

http://www.usc.edu/alumni

Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://www.marshall.usc.edu/alumni

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Does the school offer EMBA students access to the career services office?

Yes

Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs?

Yes

What is the school's policy concerning recruiters targeting EMBA students for full-time jobs?

We offer a broad range of services to our EMBA students on a case-by-case basis.

SCHOOL COMMENTS

Additional school comments:

The curriculum focuses on ten integrated themes that parallel managerial situations facing executives on a daily basis. Within a given theme, we carefully sequence class sessions to integrate different functional areas that are relevant to the overall theme topic. Just like executives, who are judges on how the company fares overall under their direction, students earn a single grade for each theme.

Graduate Comments

Educationally, the school provided me with the experience and tools needed for my career and the toolset needed if I wanted to pursue and entrepreneurial venture. Socially, the school provided me with a fantastic network of professionals that will continue to serve me well throughout my career.

The Trojan alumni are incredible.

One of the surprises was the emphasis on leadership. I did not know I needed the different types of development, and this program helped put me on the path to learning and leading more effectively.

The professors were very bright and practical. They tailored the program for the full-time professional and cut through the nonsense.

EMBA professors really appreciated being able to talk to peers, rather than just "students." The result was far more interesting exchange during classes.

Even though there was interaction with the students, I think there was so much more to be leaned. So many of the students have very interesting positions and are doing work that would be great to learn more about.

Sometimes traffic was an issue&LA traffic was sometimes problematic around the campus.

The biggest flaw is the food.

The program fostered relationships between all of the students and also with current alumni through sponsored events.

The USC EMBA program truly understood that we are working executives with time-consuming jobs. They often went out of their way to facilitate the learning and networking experience.

As crazy as this may sound, I really looked forward to the class time and lectures. I have never felt more informed and able to understand market conditions and the changes that occur, the work environment, and the effects of my decisions.

The professors are passionate about teaching, are very accessible, and are open to being challenged.

The classroom for the San Diego campus is in a newly-built executive learning center at a five-star resort. Everything was expertly managed&from the valet parking to the overnight stays. We did a field trip to China for a week, and all the logistics were handled by the school.

The career services offered to EMBAs could be improved. The current offerings are geared towards full-time students, but many of my classmates are planning on a career transition after graduation.

All the subject matter was tied to other subject matter taught in the same and previous semesters. Also, professors from one class would sit in on another and contribute their perspectives.

The program paid for itself in the first year. The improvements I was able to implement dramatically changed my financial performance.