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Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business MBA programs have been ranked among the top five in the country in The Princeton Review’s 2025 Best Business Schools rankings.
6 Aug
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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.
24 Jul
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The Jones Graduate School of Business has designated all its master's programs as STEM, including its MBA and Master of Accounting.
"My favorite event at Rice Business is the Annual Rice Around the World Partio. It is a huge event where the entire Rice Business community comes together to celebrate the different parts of the world we all come from and represent. Whether it is India, Mexico, China, or Texas, Rice realizes that everyone has unique differences and cultures that make you who you are and that it is worth celebrating. It is a full night of local and international foods, music, and dancing." - Doug Fiefa
After working in Deloitte’s Cyber Risk Advisory Group, Baldwin Luu (Rice, ’21) decided to enroll in Rice University’s MBA program. After packing up his things in San Francisco and moving to Houston, Luu began his first year in the MBA program at Rice. During this interview, Luu shared his journey to Rice, his guidance on how to prepare for business school and tips for navigating the virtual MBA Experience.
Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business Dean Peter Rodriguez likened restrictions on international students to intentional self-harm. “What is hard to communicate to those who aren’t familiar with the H-1B visa process, or OPT and the STEM extension, is just how competitive these programs are and what it means for the U.S. to be able to employ relatively small numbers of the best talent the world has to offer.”
Aurign from Georgia State University in Atlanta rose to the top in the 2020 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) hosted June 17-19 by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
The competition kicks off June 17 with the Mercury Fund Elevator Pitch competition, a fast-paced, 60-second glimpse of all 42 startups. Round 1, set for June 18, will feature 10-minute pitches from each startup followed by a Q&A session with expert judges, and seven winners will advance to the live finals June 19.
After the oil bust that lasted roughly from 2014 to 2016, the energy industry regained only about one-third of the tens of thousands of jobs it slashed in that downturn. “The more challenging time is ahead, because some of the losses we’ve had are likely to last,” said Peter Rodriguez, an economist and dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. “The best-case scenario is a return to normal, but it’s unlikely.”
For the 2020 Best & Brightest MBAs, business school became far more than some thankless task. Part of that, says Rice University’s Mike Narvaez, centered around the online platform. As a student, he was able to complete coursework in 30 cities – all while having the flexibility to take part in his children’s activities. In fact, Narvaez’s classmate, Heather Price, goes so far as calling online “the future of education.”
Overall, the market share held by the top players has increased in more than 75% of U.S. industries during the past two decades, according to a 2018 paper by Rice University Professor Gustavo Grullon and fellow researchers. That’s being blamed for a variety of economic ills.
Recent graduates Mike Narvaez and Heather Price have been named in Poets & Quants Best & Brightest Online MBAs in 2020. Narvaez observes that his MBA “sent a message to my supervisors that I was able and willing to do more.” Sure enough, his bosses made him the point person on a global RFP that would make him responsible for the company’s Americas portfolio.