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Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California
611 Exposition Boulevard
Popovich Hall 308
Los Angeles, CA US 90098-2631
USA
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Global MBA Rankings 2009

Rankings at a glance
Rank in 200960
Rank in 200860
Rank in 200773
3 year average rank64
CountryU.S.A.
Audit year[1]2005
Alumni career progress
Salary today (US$)117,177
Weighted salary (US$)116,258
Salary percentage increase87
Value for money rank99
Career progress rank37
Aims achieved rank33
Placement success rank36
Employed at three months (%)94 ( 94)
Alumni recommend rank30
Diversity
Women faculty (%)27
Women students (%)29
Women board (%)19
International faculty (%)30
International students (%)34
International board (%)19
International mobility rank90
International experience rank44
Languages[2]0
Idea generation
Faculty with doctorates (%)84
FT doctoral rank45
FT research rank25
Weighted salary (US$) chart

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Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California
611 Exposition Boulevard
Popovich Hall 308
Los Angeles,
CA US 90098-2631

Further Information

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Footnotes

1. KPMG reported on the results of obtaining evidence and applying specified audit procedures relating to selected survey data provided for the Financial Times 2009 MBA ranking for selected business schools. Enquiries about the assurance process can be made by contacting Michelle Podhy and Patrick Gaudet of KPMG by e-mail at pgaudet@kpmg.ca. The specified audit procedures were carried out between November 2008 and December 2008. The audit date published denotes the survey for which the specified audit precedures were conducted.

2. These schools run additional courses for MBA students for which additional language skills are required. These figures are included in the calculations for the ranking but are not represented on the table to avoid confusion.

Global MBA Rankings 2008

Rankings at a glance
Rank in 200860
Rank in 200773
Rank in 200654
3 year average rank62
CountryU.S.A.
Audit year[1]2005
Alumni career progress
Salary today ($)114,582
Weighted salary (US$)113,667
Salary percentage increase96
Value for money rank95
Career progress rank67
Aims achieved rank13
Placement success rank25
Employed at three months (%)96 (89)
Alumni recommend rank32
Diversity
Women faculty (%)27
Women students (%)34
Women board (%)16
International faculty (%)26
International students (%)26
International board (%)20
International mobility rank91
International experience rank49
Languages[2]0
Idea generation
Faculty with doctorates (%)83
FT doctoral rank63
FT research rank20

Find This Business School

Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California
611 Exposition Boulevard
Popovich Hall 308
Los Angeles,
CA US 90098-2631

Further Information

Click to see all Business Schools in Global MBA Rankings 2008 on a map

Footnotes

1. KPMG reported on the results of obtaining evidence and applying specified audit procedures relating to selected survey data provided for the Financial Times 2008 MBA ranking for selected business schools. Enquiries about the assurance process can be made by contacting Michelle Podhy and Patrick Gaudet of KPMG by e-mail at pgaudet@kpmg.ca. The specified audit procedures were carried out between November 2007 and January 2008. The audit date denotes the year that the most recent selected survey data was subject to specified audit procedures.

2. These schools run additional courses for MBA students for which additional language skills are required. These figures are included in the calculations for the ranking but are not represented on the table to avoid confusion.

Global MBA rankings 2007

Rankings at a glance
Current rank73
Rank in 2006[1]54
Rank in 2005[1]37
3 year average rank[1]55
Country[1]U.S.A.
Audit year[2]2005
Alumni career progress
Salary today (US$)108,677
Weighted salary (US$)107,362
Salary percentage increase97
Value for money rank100
Career progress rank70
Aims achieved (%)81
Placement success rank21
Employed at three months (%)90 (92)
Alumni recommend rank35
Diversity
Women faculty (%)26
Women students (%)35
Women board (%)15
International faculty (%)21
International students (%)22
International board (%)27
International mobility rank96
International experience rank77
Languages[3]0
Idea generation
Faculty with doctorates (%)86
FT doctoral rank58
FT research rank20

Find This Business School

Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California
611 Exposition Boulevard
Popovich Hall 308
Los Angeles,
CA US 90098-2631

Further Information

Click to see all Business Schools in Global MBA rankings 2007 on a map

Footnotes

1. These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

2. KPMG reported on the results of obtaining evidence and applying specified audit procedures relating to selected data provided for the Financial Times 2007 MBA survey ranking for selected business schools. Enquiries about the process can be made by contacting Michelle Podhy and Patrick Gaudet of KPMG by email at mpodhy@kpmg.ca. The specified audit procedures were carried out between November 2006 and January 2007. The audit date denotes the survey for which the specified audit procedures were conducted.

3. These schools run additional courses for MBA students for which additional language skills are required. These figures are included in the calculations for the ranking but are not represented on the table to avoid confusion.

EMBA rankings 2006

Rankings at a glance
Current rank32
Rank 2005[1]23
Rank 2004[1]19
Country[1]U.S.A.
Programme name[1]Executive MBA
Career progress
Salary today (US$)166,891
Salary increase (%)56
Career progress rank34
Work experience rank41
Aims achieved rank45
School diversity
Women faculty (%)26
Women students (%)13
Women board (%)15
International faculty (%)21
International students rank73
International board (%)27
International course experience rank45
Languages1
Idea generation
Faculty with doctorates (%)86
FT doctoral rank48
FT research rank15

Find This Business School

Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California
611 Exposition Boulevard
Popovich Hall 308
Los Angeles,
CA US 90098-2631

Further Information

Click to see all Business Schools in EMBA rankings 2006 on a map

Footnotes

1. These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.