Application Information
Rice MBA Programs:
- Learn more about the MBA application deadlines and requirements.
- The Full-Time MBA application is now closed and it will reopen in July for Fall 2023.
- Professional MBA, Executive MBA and Deferred Enrollment MBA applications are open.
Ph.D. Program (Finance, Strategic Management and Accounting):
- Learn more about the Ph.D. in Business application requirements.
Master of Accounting (MAcc):
- Learn more about the MAcc program and the application process.
Undergraduate Business Major and Minors:
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Learn more about the undergraduate business major. Rice University does not have a separate admissions process for the business major. Applicants interested in business should follow the general application requirements found here. Learn more about how to declare a major here.
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Learn about the undergraduate business minor and the entrepreneurship minor, open to any degree-seeking Rice undergraduate who meets enrollment requirements.

Financing Your MBA
When you're admitted, each program has options to make it more affordable. Rice Business is the 8th most affordable MBA in the top 25, according to Poets & Quants. In addition, an MBA from Rice Business is an investment that will pay dividends throughout your career.
School News

A total of 19 graduate programs at Rice University rank among the nation's top 25 in their categories in the latest edition of U.S. News and World Report's "Best Graduate Schools." Rice Business has two programs in the top 25: entrepreneurship (No. 10) and the professional MBA program that U.S. News ranks in its part-time MBA category (No. 11, up from No. 17).

Organizations trying to create cultures of innovation increasingly turn to teams of employees instead of individuals, but there have been few studies on how to build teams for best results. Now a new paper incorporating decades of research offers insights on the best way to design innovative teams.