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More than 500 MBA graduates crossed the stage May 9 at the Jones Graduate School of Business MBA commencement ceremony in Tudor Fieldhouse. The ceremony marked the graduation of the 10,000th student from Rice Business.
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School Updates
Rice University conferred more than 250 doctoral degrees during its 112th commencement May 10 at Tudor Fieldhouse. Doctoral candidates along with friends, family and loved ones gathered for the ceremony, which included the awarding of doctoral regalia, congratulatory remarks, cheers and a few moments to reflect on this milestone.
11 May
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In The Media
In this edition of Real Numbers of MBA Admissions, we round up the percentage of students of the Classes of 2024 placed in tech.
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Companies hope that by making price increases hard to see, they can escape notice and avoid a customer backlash. Rice Business marketing profesor Utpal Dholakia breaks down the common ways companies raise prices covertly.
The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur today announced the results of The Princeton Review's 16th annual ranking of undergraduate and graduate schools for entrepreneurship studies. Rice University was #1 on the top 50 graduate schools list, achieving a “three-peat”: having been #1 on that list for three consecutive years.
Rice Business is ranked the No. 1 graduate entrepreneurship program in the United States for 2022 by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine. This is Rice Business’ third No. 1 ranking in a row on this prestigious list.
Rice Business marketing professor Utpal Dholokia tells Axios that H-E-B's high market share shows that Austin shoppers value the grocer and are willing to give a sizable chunk of their dollars to the company.
"Consistently, results showed that conservatives are more satisfied than liberals with the products and services they purchased. This is profoundly important for companies and businesses whose goal is to provide customer value by satisfying their customers," said study co-author Vikas Mittal, a marketing professor at Rice Business.
Across industries, conservatives are more satisfied than liberals with the products and services they consume, according to a study of more than 326,000 U.S. consumers by an international research team including Vikas Mittal, professor of marketing at Rice Business.
The 13th annual Rice Energy Finance Summit (REFS) will be held in a dual-delivery format Nov. 12. The conference will explore current issues for energy operators, investors and financial services as they plan for overcoming challenges in meeting global energy demands.
Getting an MBA online continues to be highly popular. More and more top business schools are creating programs, and demand for those programs continues to be strong, with many schools reporting record enrollments during the pandemic. The Rice Business online mba ranks seventh in the Poets and Quants list this year.
Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business was ranked No. 3 in Poets & Quants’ World’s Best MBA Programs for Entrepreneurship rankings for 2022, up from No. 15 on the 2021 list.
Why did GMAT scores rebound this year? Fifteen B-schools reported matching or setting school records, including the Jones Graduate School of Business.