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Named in honor of the late Jesse H. Jones, a prominent Houston business and civic leader, Rice Business is consistently ranked among the nation's top business schools.

All courses are taught by a dedicated, nationally-recognized team of professors who integrate insights from their own rigorous, peer-reviewed research and help students understand these topics in the context of today’s ever-changing business landscape. Learn more about the scholarship of our academics from our online ideas magazine, Rice Business Wisdom, devoted exclusively to the practical, useful summaries of peer-reviewed research.

As a student, becoming a part of the business school at Rice University means they will live, study and play on a spectacular tree-lined campus nestled in the heart of Houston. Degree programs include the Full-Time MBA, Deferred Enrollment Program, Online MBA, Professional MBA, Hybrid MBA, Executive MBA, a coordinated MBA professional science, a dual MD/MBA with Baylor College of Medicine, Ph.D., MAcc and undergraduate business minor. Rice Business also offers a full schedule of executive education open enrollment and customized courses for business and industry along with certificates in general management known as our Rice Advanced Management Program, leadership, finance and accounting, and health care.

Each program works with the same top-notch faculty, in the same business school building, on the same campus. Learn more about our degree and non-degree programs.

Rice Business Recognition

Top graduate entrepreneurship ranking for more than ten years

Nationally and globally, the Rice Business' MBA program continues to be recognized for excellence by major media and has risen consistently over the last decade, putting us in the company of the nation’s most distinguished business schools. Rankings are based on various criteria including peer, student and recruiter assessment as well as school metrics — admission selectivity, placement success, intellectual capital and more.

Top-ranked business school with its online MBA program earning high marks in its first year

We placed in the top 10 of five categories in The Princeton Review’s latest rankings of the Best Business Schools for 2023, including the No. 4 spot for its online MBA program, MBA@Rice.

• # 1 Graduate Entrepreneurship - Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 (over 10 years in Top 10)
• # 1 MBA in Texas (based on global rankings) - Financial Times, 2023 
• # 3 Best MBA for Entrepreneurship - Poets & Quants, 2022
• # 3 Best MBA for Real Estate - Poets & Quants, 2020
• # 4 Top Online MBA Programs - Princeton Review, 2023
• # 5 Entrepreneurship U.S. - Bloomberg Businessweek, 2021-2022
• # 5 Best MBA for Consulting - Princeton Review, 2023
• # 5 Best MBA for Finance - Princeton Review, 2023
• # 5 Best Online MBA Program - Poets & Quants, 2023
• # 7 Most Competitive Students - Princeton Review, 2023
• # 7 Best Online General Management MBA Program - U.S. News & World Report, 2023
• # 7 Greatest Resources for Minority Students - Princeton Review, 2023
• # 8 Best Administered - Princeton Review, 2023
• # 8 Best Career Prospects - Princeton Review, 2023
• # 10 Best Classroom Experience - Princeton Review, 2023
• # 10 Best Entrepreneurship Programs - U.S. News & World Report, 2022-2024
• # 10 Best Online MBA Program for Veterans - U.S. News & World Report, 2023 
• # 10 Best Online MBA for Business Analytics - U.S. News & World Report, 2023 
• # 11 Best Executive MBA - Poets & Quants, 2022-2023
• # 12 Best Online MBA - U.S. News & World Report, 2023
• # 15 Best Part-Time MBA Program - U.S. News & World Report, 2024
• # 17 MBA in the U.S. (based on global rankings) - Financial Times, 2023
• # 19 Best MBA Program - Fortune, 2022
• # 22 Best U.S. Business School - Bloomberg Businessweek, 2021-2022
• # 24 U.S. MBA Program - Poets & Quants, 2021-2022
• # 24 Best MBA Program - U.S. News & World Report, 2024

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