Every year, Rice Business is proud to enroll veterans and active duty personnel into each of our programs: Full Time MBA, Professional MBA, Hybrid MBA, Executive MBA, and our online MBA. We honor your service and value the unique contributions you will bring to the business school as a student and a leader.
Our distinctive MBA programs focus on the qualities that mark a successful leader, delivering knowledge in finance, marketing, operations, entrepreneurship and global business. While you go into a broad range of industries and functions, no matter where your interests take you, the Career Development Office (CDO) will support you in the transition to a civilian career. The CDO provides group workshops along with one-on-one career advising to ensure you develop the strategy, job search skills, and networking opportunities to succeed in the MBA job market.
We are committed to supporting all eligible military students through the Rice Business Yellow Ribbon Scholarship. We are dedicated to our veteran community; therefore, we place no limit on the number of eligible students we support or on the total funding provided. By participating at the highest possible level, Rice Business covers 100% of the tuition and fees gap for students who are 100% eligible under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Program, Rice Business offers seven named scholarships dedicated to supporting current and former U.S. military service members pursuing our MBA programs.
Your experience has already taught you how to lead, solve hard problems and earn trust. The Rice MBA helps turn those strengths into new opportunities, with a close-knit community and the global reach of Houston behind you. You’ll find the support to sharpen your business skills, expand your network, and define your next chapter here at Rice Business.
Jessica Steptoe
Assistant Dean of Recruiting and Admissions
Owl Have You Know Podcast
Explore conversations with military alumni as they share their experiences transitioning from military service to business leadership. In these interviews, veterans discuss career pivots, leadership lessons, entrepreneurship, finance, resilience and how their MBA experience helped shape their professional journeys after service. Subscribe to Owl Have You Know on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you find your favorite podcasts.
Few resume items command instant respect like the word "veteran." At Rice Business, this respect translates to a major investment in attracting military veterans as students.
Transitioning from military service to an MBA program is a significant shift — one that comes with challenges, surprises and valuable opportunities. Hear from two U.S. veteran Rice MBAs.
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Rice Business is a proud partner with Service to School (S2S), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides free application counseling, peer-to-peer guidance, and networking support to all U.S. military service members and veterans at no cost to the applicant. We are part of a small group of institutions involved in their Service to School (S2S) VetLink initiative, launched to connect these counselors with our admission representatives.
