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Full-Time MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of South Carolina

Moore School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • International MBA
      • Darla Moore School of Business
      • Moore School of Business
      • University of South Carolina
      • Columbia, 29208, South Carolina
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.moore.sc.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: gradinfo@moore.sc.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 875
      • Full-Time MBA: 187
      • Part-Time MBA: 387
      • Executive MBA: 34
      • PhD Program: 64
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
        • Master of Human Resources
        • Master of International Management/Business
      • M.A. Economics

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:

      • Resident: $41,480.00
      • Nonresident: $68,805.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $37,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $47,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 23

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: May 15, 2012
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? Yes
      • Is proficiency in English required for admission? Yes
      • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? Yes

    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Important
      • Application Essays: Very Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 242
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 66 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 58 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 7 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 100 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 5
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 3
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 80 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 33 %
      • Applications from women received: 36 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $38,134.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $40,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Full-time students in newest entering class (2010-2011) that are:

      • Female: 32 %
      • International: 24 %
      • Married: 9 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 20 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 75 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 1 %

    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:

      • African American: 6 %
      • Asian American: 3 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 1 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 87 %
      • Chose not to report: 3 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:

      • Northeast: 1 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 10 %
      • South: 62 %
      • Southwest: 11 %
      • Midwest: 7 %
      • West: 9 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 40
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 36

    • Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

      • From: 5
      • To: 72
      • Median age of entering class: 26
      • Mean age of entering class: 27

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 100 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 75 %
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • some other criteria
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarship
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 100 %
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No
      • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $47,462.00

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 10th Percentile 510
      • 25th Percentile 570
      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • Average GMAT Score 605

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 580
      • 50th Percentile (median) 620
      • 25th Percentile 600
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • Average GMAT Score 633

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 46
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 27
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 78

    • Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2010:

      • Strategic Marketing
      • Digital Marketing
      • Global Stakeholder Management

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Human Resource Management
        • Operations Management
        • International Business
      • Economic Development

    • Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

        • MBA/JD (Law)
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? No

    • The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • International Business
        • Human Resource Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 169

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 60
      • Non-Tenured: 61

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 48

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 26

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 60
      • Non-Tenured: 48

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • Environmental
        • Human Resources

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Partners/Family
        • Women in MBA
        • Volunteer
        • Wine

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Internship Course and Professional Development

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Cisco Telepresence / Polycom immersive Telepresence / System wide high definition video conferencing / Windows 2010 directory infrastructure including messaging / IP based desktop management services / Upgraded computers for computer classrooms and computer lab / Research computing resources / Remote access & remote desktop capabilities / Internet based file sharing for intranet & extranet (beta) / Vendor based student email / Web based application process for Graduate Division CRM
      • Amount spent: $1,821,026.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 9,995
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 8
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 3
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 3 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $608.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $90.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $81,500,000.00
      • 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.facebook.com/mycarolina
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 79 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 11 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 10 %

    • Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

      • Destination: Net Impact Annual Conference and Career Fair
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Black MBA Annual Conference and Career Fair
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: None

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 47 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 29 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 24 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 70 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 11 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 9 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 10 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 57 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 17 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 16 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 10 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Belden Inc. 3
      • Colfax Corporation 2
      • FedEx 2
      • PPG 2
      • Robert Bosch 2
      • Sonoco Products 2
      • Wipro Technologies 3
      • Airgas 1
      • Amazon 1
      • Bank of America 1
      • BMW Manufacturing 1
      • Capital One 1
      • Cisco Systems 1
      • Citi 1
      • Hewlett Packard 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 38 %

    • Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

      • Mean base salary: $75,963.00
      • Median base salary: $75,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $11,639.00
      • Median signing bonus: $10,000.00

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 6 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 22 %
      • General Management: 14 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 23 %
      • Management Information Systems: 2 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 25 %
      • Other: 6 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 4 %
      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Consumer Products: 4 %
      • Financial Services: 13 %
      • Manufacturing: 43 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 2 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 6 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 12 %
      • Other: 12 %

    • Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 98 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

    • Within the U.S., graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Northeast: 12 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 21 %
      • South: 41 %
      • Southwest: 8 %
      • Midwest: 14 %
      • West: 4 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

    • Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

      • Pan American Life Insurance 3
      • Daimler Financial Services 3
      • Doosan 3
      • Michelin 2
      • Panasonic Automotive PASA 2
      • Sealed Air 2
      • US Dept of State 2
      • Walter Meier Manufacturing 2
      • General Motors Europe 2
      • Exxon Mobil 1
      • Bayer China 1
      • Target Corporation 1
      • Nissan Motor 1
      • Fiji Water 1
      • Overseas Private Investment Corp 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 83 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $542.00
      • Median: $400.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 14

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