University of Southern California

PROGRAM BASICS

Marshall MBA Program

Marshall School of Business

University Park
Los Angeles , California 90089-1421

Program Web site:

http://www.marshall.usc.edu

Status:

Private Institution

Program e-mail address:

marshallmba@marshall.usc.edu

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

WASC

Years in which the following programs were founded:

Full-time MBA: 1958
Part-time MBA : 1922
Undergraduate business program: 1920
Executive MBA: 1985
Executive Education (non-degree): 1951
PhD program: 1975

PROGRAM COSTS

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

Resident : $  88,800
Nonresident : $  88,800
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $  57,400
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $  57,400

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

21

ENROLLMENT

Graduate business school enrollment

Total graduate business school: 2008
Full-time MBA: 525
Part-time MBA: 806
Executive MBA: 359

PhD program: 77
Other: 241

Undergraduate business school enrollment

3,513

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

Application Deadlines

1-Nov 15-Jan 15-Feb 1-Apr

Does the program have rolling admissions?

No

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?

TOEFL Computer Based

TOEFL Internet Based Test

TOEFL Paper-based Test

Other: N/A

Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs:

600

Relative importance: Application Elements

GMAT Score:

Very Important

Resume/Work Experience:

Very Important

Application Essays:

Very Important

Interviews:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Very Important

Undergraduate Transcripts:

Very Important

APPLICANTS

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:

2076

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

23 %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

46 %

Applicant interviews are:

By invitation only

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

60 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

97 %

APPLICANT POOL

International applications received:

37 %

Applications from women received:

34 %

Mean base salary forgone:

$  67,000

Median base salary forgone:

$  65,000

CLASS PROFILE

Full-time students in newest entering class (2008-2009) that are:

Female: 29  %
International: 34  %

Ethnicity/US Students in Program

African American: 1  %
Asian American: 23  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 5  %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 1  %
Native American: 0  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 30  %
Chose not to report: 5  %
Other: 34  %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 0  %
Asia: 27  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 8  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 1  %
Middle East: 0  %
North America: 63  %
Oceania : 0  %
Western Europe: 1  %

Entering North American citizens by region:

Northeast: 5  %
Mid-Atlantic: 2  %
South: 3  %
Southwest: 3  %
Midwest : 5  %
West: 83  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:

62

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:

55

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

From:  34
To:  114

Median age of entering class:

28

Mean age of entering class:

28

FINANCIAL AID

Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:

Central financial aid office at the university

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

academic merit

Mean scholarships awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year:

$  29,804

Percentage of second-year students receiving the same or more amount of money in their second year of study:

0 %

Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality?

No

GMAT

Applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

Mean : 692
Median: 700

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

From:  640
To:  740

CLASS OFFERINGS

Average students in a full-time MBA core class:

70

Average students in a full-time MBA elective class:

36

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:

85

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2008:

Ethics and Social Issues in Business
Leadership and Executive Development

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:

2005

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MA (Arts)

MBA/MD (Medicine)

Other

Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?

No

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

198

Full-time faculty

Tenured: 73
Non-Tenured: 125

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty

Non-Tenured: 2

Women on Faculty

Tenured: 10
Non-Tenured: 44

Minority Faculty

Tenured: 11
Non-Tenured: 34

International Faculty

Tenured: 19
Non-Tenured: 40

Faculty with PhDs

Tenured: 73
Non-Tenured: 96

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Biotech/Health care

Business Ethics

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

High Tech

Human Resources

Information Technology

Investment Banking

Manufacturing

Marketing

Media & Entertainment

New Media

Nonprofit

VC/ Private Equity

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Black MBA Association

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual

Hispanic Student Organization

International Club

Partners/Family

Volunteer

Wine

Women in MBA

Other

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods used

Case study: 30  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 15  %
Lecture: 25  %
Simulations: 0  %
Team Project: 30  %
Other: 0  %

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

Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties

Other

TECHNOLOGY

Is there a wireless network in main B-school buildings?

Yes

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

2008 Remote access to all lab software, doubled email quotas for students, SharePoint, web accessible file storage, public calendars, bidding-style registration system, online real-time study room reservations for graduate students, online testing for graduate prerequisites, doubled student network storage, new career services application, mobile wireless computer labs, remote disaster recovery site, advanced blade-servers for research computing, streaming video capture in all MBA classrooms

Amount spent:

$  21M

ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

22,476

Active MBA alumni clubs

61

Countries in which MBA clubs exist

22

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

11 %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$  2,314

Median gift from MBA alumni

$  810

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

No

Business School Endowment

$  213,000,000

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 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

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 85  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 9  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 6  %

Of grads not seeking employment: Percentage of graduates not seeking employment who were company-sponsored, or already employed: 1  %
Percentage who were continuing their education (after graduation): 3  %
Percentage who were postponing their job search: 0  %
Percentage who were starting their own business(es) : 3  %
Percentage who were not seeking employment for other reasons: 2  %

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

Destination: New york
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: NYC/N NJ/S. CT
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: San Fran/Oakland
Month: January
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: Hong Kong
Month: January
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: San Diego
Month: January
Amount Paid By School: partial

Primary Source of Job Offer

School-facilitated activities: 77  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 22  %
No information provided by graduate: 1  %

Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2007-08:

288

Companies that posted full-time job offers for MBAs on the school's job boards in 2007-08:

999

Job Offers for 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 88  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 94  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 96  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 4  %

Top recruiting firms and the number of full-time MBAs hired in the past 12 months:

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:

67 %

Mean and median base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $  91,863
Median base salary for most recent graduates: $  92,000
Mean signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  18,318
Median signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  15,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  8,756
Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  9,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 18  %
Finance/Accounting: 31  %
General Management: 1  %
Human Resources: 3  %
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 32  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 1  %
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 3  %
Other: 11  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government (Federal, State, Local, Military): 0  %
Consulting: 18  %
Consumer Products: 14  %
Financial Services: 29  %
Manufacturing: 10  %
Media/Entertainment: 9  %
Non-Profit: 2  %
Petroleum/Energy: 3  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health care Products: 2  %
Real Estate: 5  %
Technology: 3  %
Other: 5  %

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

Africa: 0  %
Asia: 5  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 0  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 1  %
Middle East: 0  %
North America: 94  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 0  %

Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Northeast: 20  %
Mid-Atlantic: 1  %
South: 1  %
Southwest: 2  %
Midwest: 2  %
West: 74  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %
Canada: 0  %

Companies that recruited MBAs for internships on campus in 2007-08:

281

Companies that posted internships for MBAs on school job boards in 2007-08:

1,100

Top Companies - Internships:

Internships awarded that are paid:

100 %

Mean and median intern compensation per week:

Mean :  1,815
Median:  2,000

Average internship length in weeks:

9.5

SCHOOL COMMENTS

School Comments:

The item: Number of companies that posted full-time job offers for MBAs on the school's job boards in the 2007-2008 academic year. Only allows for answers into the 100s. We answered 999 (max) but really had 1250 companies post offers.