South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business

54. University of South Carolina

Darla Moore School of Business

Columbia, South Carolina 29208

Admissions: 803-777-4346

Email: gradinfo@moore.sc.edu

Website: http://www.moore.sc.edu

Apply Online: http://www.moore.sc.edu/imba/admissions.aspx

The International Master of Business Administration (IMBA) program at the Darla Moore School of Business offers an international business education that prepares students for a global environment. Global issues and experience permeate the program’s core classes and the program is designed to

expose students to international business issues from the first day of class.

Step one of the program is the lock-step business core where the purpose is to build a fundamental knowledge base in the functional areas of business. Step two involves the selection of intensive language study or global coursework. Step three is an internship and the final step involves elective coursework.

Each student in the International MBA program has the opportunity to develop competency in a second language and will complete a rigorous program of graduate business study, develop an understanding of another culture and business environment, and integrate academic course work through the experience of an extensive internship. For U.S. nationals, the internship is usually outside the United States; for non- U.S. nationals, the internship is in the United States.

Application Deadlines for the Class of 2017:

Priority: October 15, 2014

Round 1: December 1, 2014

Round 2: January 15, 2015

Round 3: March 1, 2015

Round 4: April 15, 2015

Rolling Admissions: After April 15, 2015

 

Latest Rankings:

Poets&Quants (2014): 54

Bloomberg Businessweek (2014): 71

Forbes (2013): 53

U.S. News & World Report (2015): 55

Financial Times (2014): NR

The Economist (2014): 51

 

Total Cost (Tuition & Fees): $41,229 (resident) / $69,805 (non-resident)

Median GMAT: 664

GMAT Range (mid-80%): 640-710

Average GPA: 3.38

Acceptance Rate: 58%

Full-Time Enrollment: 130

International: 25%

Female: 27%

Minority: 20%

Mean Age: 27

Median Base Salary: $79,997

Median Signing Bonus: $9,943

Percentage of MBAs with Job Offers at Graduation: 64%

Percentage of MBAs with Job Offers Three Months Later: 87%

 

Where the Class of 2014 Went to Work: 

Manufacturing: 23%

Technology: 17%

Financial Services: 15%

Consumer Products: 12%

The Top Employers for the Class of 2014:

Coca Cola — 2

Avaya — 2

Pan American Life Insurance — 2

Ingersoll Rand — 1

Estimate of Total Pay Over a 20-Year Career*: $2,042,000

* 2014 PayScale estimate for Poets&Quants