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Rice Business MBA programs are ranked among the top five in The Princeton Review’s Best Business Schools rankings for 2025. The school is No. 3 in the nation for Best MBA Program for Finance, up two spots from last year, and No. 5 for Best Online MBA.
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"You want to have a consistent story that’s woven throughout your application," says George Andrews, associate dean of degree programs. "In your essays, you’re talking about the things you’re good at or areas of opportunity for growth. That carries on through the interview and, ideally, your letters of recommendation."
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"Since my career in the Army involved healthcare, I was drawn to Rice Business because of the number of classes focused on the healthcare industry. These classes give me the opportunity to align my Army experience with the business side of healthcare."
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Every small purchase choice gives us a glimpse of our hidden self-identity. Written by Rice Business Professor Utpal Dholakia.
Here is a collection of the top news stories featuring Rice Business and other business schools on Poets&Quants for the year 2020.
Innovation Map's top interviews of the year include one with Kyle Judah, executive director of the Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. "Houston has these big pillar companies in energy and health care and all these critical areas that the world, the economy, and the society needs."
Houston-based photographers Chris Bailey and Joseph West have brought automated technology and innovative efficiencies to the often cumbersome task of taking professional headshots. A prototype was tested by the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University and Intrepid Financial Partners in December 2019.
Full-Time MBA Katie Chung's next column of the Rice Report just dropped for Poets&Quants. Check out her latest advice about networking and how to break through the discomfort to form real relationships.
Yan “Anthea” Zhang, the Fayez Sarofim Vanguard Professor of Management at Rice Business, is the new president-elect of the Strategic Management Society (SMS). The SMS consists of over 3,000 members from more than 80 countries including academics, business practitioners and consultants.
Congrats to Samantha Lewis ’17, who recently joined the Houston-based Mercury Fund as principal. Formerly a director at GOOSE Capital, her passion for entrepreneurship and proven experience will serve her well. Good luck in this next chapter, Samantha!
“Employers are interested in attracting the best talent to their organizations. The delivery method of the program is less important than the level of talent that it graduates,” says Philip Heavilin, executive director of the Career Development Office.
Rice Business placed in the top 10 of five categories in The Princeton Review’s latest rankings of the Best Business Schools for 2021, including the number 6 spot for our newest program, MBA@Rice.
Rice Business alum Duncan Dickerson helps advise the world’s biggest oil companies on how to navigate the great carbon transition as the vice president of investment banking at Lazard in Houston.
