Applications for the Rice MBA are open. Round 1 deadline: October 16.

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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, Graduate Certificate for Healthcare Management 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.

Application Information

Rice MBA Programs:

Ph.D. Program (Accounting, Finance, Strategic Management, Operations Management, and Organizational Behavior):

Master of Accounting (MAcc):

Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management:

Undergraduate Business Major and Minors:

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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

School Updates

Rice Business has grown dramatically over the past decade, and that momentum now has a new home in Asha and Farid Virani Hall, a 112,000-square-foot building which now stands alongside McNair Hall, offering students a combined 300,000 square-feet designed to support the school’s expanding community of graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, researchers and alumni.

Mcnair Hall - Rice Business - Top-Ranked MBA
School Updates

Rice Business earned five top 10 rankings in The Princeton Review's 2027 business school rankings, highlighted by its first-ever recognition for Best Campus Environment (No. 9), a return to the top 10 for Best MBA for Consulting (No. 8), Best MBA for Finance (No. 7) and Greatest Resources for Minority Students (No. 6). The school also landed the No. 6 national ranking for MBA@Rice, placing it among the nation's best online MBA programs.

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