If you would like to start an application for one of our on-campus graduate programs — including the Full-Time MBA, Professional MBA, Executive MBA, Hybrid MBA, Ph.D. Program, or Master of Accounting — please select “New Users (On-Campus Graduate Applicants)”.
If you are returning to continue an existing on-campus graduate application, please select “Returning On-Campus Graduate Applicants.”
Applicants interested in our online MBA (MBA@Rice) should select that option, which will direct you to onlinebusiness.rice.edu.
Undergraduate prospective students should apply through the Office of Undergraduate Admission. See below for more information.
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.
Peter Rodriguez, the Houston Endowment Dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business and the Virani Undergraduate School of Business at Rice University, has been named the 2025 Poets&Quants Dean of the Year, a national honor recognizing visionary leadership and outstanding contributions to business education.
Rice University continues its upward trajectory in national and international rankings, earning the No. 17 spot in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings released today.
Semyon Malamud, senior chair at the Swiss Finance Institute and associate professor of finance at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, will host a series of lectures at Rice Business as part of the Dean’s Distinguished Visiting Fellows Program.
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Dr. Richard Anthony Baker
Office of Access, Equity and Equal Opportunity
6100 Main Street MS 130 Houston, TX 77005
713-348-6405
richard.a.baker@rice.edu
For full details, please view the university's nondiscrimination policy.