U.S. News just released its latest graduate business rankings. We are proud to see our programs climbing and holding strong among the nation’s best. Rankings are just a snapshot, but what they reflect is real: top-tier academics, strong career outcomes and an engaged alumni community.
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I did investment banking recruiting my first semester. The Finance Association did a fantastic job training and mentoring me to get a banking job. Rice invests a lot into its students. At other schools, you'd just be a statistic.
Full-Time MBA
I started as a first-year with just an idea and left Rice with a revenue-generating business. I would never have had the confidence, network or skills to do that without being a part of this program.
Professional MBA
My favorite part of being a Rice MBA student is taking classes alongside highly accomplished, successful and incredibly talented professionals from a wide variety of industries. And the professors exhibit a true passion for teaching.
Executive MBA
Launched in 2021, our undergraduate business program has quickly become a hub for innovation and leadership. In 2024, it was named the Virani Undergraduate School of Business in honor of a transformative gift from Houston philanthropists Farid and Asha Virani. Their generosity is fueling new opportunities for students through enhanced curricula, expanded co-curricular experiences and a dedicated associate dean — advancing our mission to educate the next generation of business leaders.
Owl Have You Know is Rice Business’ podcast created to share the experiences of alumni, faculty, students and other members of our business community – real stories of belonging, failing, rebounding and, ultimately, succeeding.
Professor Zhang shares what her research reveals about the leap from functional roles to the C-suite, why taking risks is non-negotiable for career advancement, and how Rice Business Executive Education’s Executive Leadership for Women program is giving women the tools and community to rise.
Professor Yael Hochberg shares the origin story of the Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie), the incredible innovation that has come from Lilie over the last 10 years and what the future holds for entrepreneurship education in the age of AI.
Associate Dean Bob Dittmar shares what sets the Virani Undergraduate School of Business apart and delves into his fascinating research on how to assess risk more clearly, especially when the signals aren’t obvious.
Faculty research applied in the classroom.
The most successful companies are masters of innovation and marketing. It’s not enough to have a great product – you must be able to communicate its value. Rice Business champions the multidisciplinary nature of marketing, conducting cutting-edge, award-winning research published in the most prestigious marketing journals. Our faculty is dedicated to advancing marketing thought and practice and training a new generation of marketing leaders.
Rice University student-founded companies took home a total of $115,000 in equity-free funding at the annual Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge last week. 2025 Rice Innovation Fellow Alexandria Carter won the top prize and $50,000 for her startup Bionostic.
Alex Cantin is graduating this May with a degree in business management, including a minor in entrepreneurship, from the Virani Undergraduate School of Business at Rice and will join McKinsey as a consultant. Cantin said he chose Rice because of the faculty-student ratio and because he would be one of the early graduates of the new Virani School.
Rice Business professor Emily Prinsloo comments on dynamic pricing and its recent use.
