Program News
IMBA program featured in U.S. News article
April 2005
Once again the Moore School was ranked in the top two international business schools in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” In addition to that notable distinction, the school also has its own feature article in this year’s edition.
The article describes the range of international experiences the program has to offer. Moore’s IMBA students who were interviewed for the article praised the overseas internship experience and the intensive language training they received. “One month in, I realized I understood everything people were saying to me,” says Ashley Carpenter, who was quoted in the article, and who interned as a financial analyst in Madrid. “Three months in, people weren’t making changes to my work. That’s a good feeling.”
And, the article says the USC IMBA degree is quite a bargain relative to other prestigious programs. “More bang for the buck” is the description offered in the article by student Douglas Jones, “who learned Spanish in Mexico and Spain, worked for a Swiss firm in Basel, and plans to work for Bank of America when he graduates in May,” according to the article.
Andrew Curry, (pictured at left interviewing IMBA student Suzanne Haines) who wrote the article for U.S. News, goes on to suggest that USC’s IMBA program has a broader appeal than some
traditional programs like those at Harvard or Wharton that groom graduates for careers at large financial institutions in the Northeast. Instead,
he suggests, Moore attracts a range of students, many with liberal arts backgrounds and more recently, military veterans and Peace Corps participants.
A number of business graduates go on to careers with non-profit organizations with a global reach.
All of this suggests the Moore IMBA offers real-world experience, international travel, diversity, and a range of possibilities for the future – at a bargain rate.