University Of Southern California

Program Basics

• • USC Marshall Executive MBA (EMBA) Program
  • USC Marshall School of Business
  • 630 Childs Way
  • Popovich Hall 308
  • Los Angeles, 90089, California
  • United States
  • Status:
    • Private
  • Length of program (months): 21

• Classes meet:

  • • Alternate weekends

• Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

  • Resident: $111,000.00
  • Non Resident: $111,000.00

• Graduate business school is accredited by:

  • • Other
    • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
  • WASC

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 2,051
  • Full-Time MBA: 518
  • Part-Time MBA: 830
  • Executive MBA: 324
  • PhD Program: 75
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 3,607
  • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting

ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

• • Rolling admissions? Yes
  • GMAT Required? No
  • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Transcripts
• • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
  • Application fee: $150.00
  • Number of applications to the newest class: 247
  • Applicants accepted: 68 %
  • Admitted applicants enrolled: 82 %
  • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
  • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 100 %
  • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 98 %

CLASS PROFILE

• EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

  • Female: 15 %
  • International: 17 %

• Entering students are from the following regions:

  • Africa: 1 %
  • Asia: 8 %
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 1 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %
  • Middle East: 1 %
  • North America: 83 %
  • Oceania : 3 %
  • Western Europe: 1 %

• Entering North American citizens are from the following regions:

  • West: 96 %
  • Midwest: 1 %
  • Southwest: 2 %
  • South: 0 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
  • Northeast: 0 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
  • Canada: 0 %

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

  • African American: 3 %
  • Asian American: 30 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 2 %
  • Native American: 2 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 53 %
  • Chose not to report: 2 %
  • Other: 3 %
• • Average months of work experience: 158

• Middle 80% range work experience in months:

  • From: 106
  • To: 230
• • Average age: 37

• Middle 80% age range:

  • From: 31
  • To: 44

• Work background:

  • Have advanced degrees: 23 %
  • Work in the nonprofit sector: 7 %
  • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 5 %
  • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 9 %
• • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 83 %

• Middle 80% base salary range:

  • Low: $94,000.00
  • High: $249,000.00

• Students work in these functional categories:

  • Consulting: 10 %
  • Finance/Accounting 22 %
  • General Management : 12 %
  • Human Resources: 2 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 22 %
  • Management Information Systems : 11 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 12 %
  • Other: 9 %

• Students work in these industries:

  • Consumer Products: 2 %
  • Government: 10 %
  • Manufacturing: 4 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 7 %
  • Non-Profit: 7 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 15 %
  • Real Estate: 4 %
  • Technology: 18 %
  • Other: 5 %

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 227

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 77
  • Non-Tenured: 142

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 8

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 13
  • Non-Tenured: 50

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 19
  • Non-Tenured: 41

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 19
  • Non-Tenured: 45

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 75
  • Non-Tenured: 100

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 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? No
  • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
  • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 15

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods:

  • Case Study: 25 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 10 %
  • Lectures: 25 %
  • Simulations: 10 %
  • Team Projects: 20 %
• • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
  • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 48 %
  • Average class size, core EMBA class: 66

• 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? No

• 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
    • please describe on next screen
  • 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 MBA students and faculty visit companies 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.

• TECHNOLOGY

  • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Disaster recovery site, pervasive wireless coverage, thin client laptops, behavioral lab, interactive ethics class, remote access to lab software, doubled email quotas for students, web accessible file storage, public calendar, emergency contact system, online testing for graduate prerequisites, automated classroom captures and dual projectors, emergency notification system, online student public calendars, online student orgs. support, networked copier/printers, blade-based research computers
  • Amount spent: $19,500,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 25,700
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 47
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 22
  • 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

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.

• • 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.