| September | Application Opens |
| December 15 | Application Deadline: Accounting and Management & Organization* - deadline extended to January 15th. |
| January 15 | Application Deadline: Data Sciences & Operations, Finance & Business Economics and Marketing |
| February 15 | Decision Notifications Begin |
| April 15 | Admit Decision Deadline |
* The application deadline for Accounting and Management & Organization is extended to January 15th.
Special Note: As of the afternoon of January 14th, there was an issue with the Liaison application system which was preventing access to the application system. This impacted multiple programs and we decided to extend the deadline for the Marshall PhD Program to Tuesday, January 19th at 11:59 pm PST. Should you have questions please email phd@marshall.usc.edu.
The admissions committee considers applications received by 11:59 PM PST on January 19th. Late applications may or may not be considered at the discretion of the admissions committee.
Admissions decisions are made from mid-February to mid-April. You will be notified by email when a decision has been made.