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The clear takeaway from the salary and bonus data released last month by U.S. News & World Report is that an MBA continues to be a lucrative investment — especially, but not exclusively, if you get it from an elite school. The average bonus has grown nearly 10% since 2021.
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You’re not imagining things: The Ivy League is forfeiting its standing as America’s producer of great talent. Here are the schools producing the hard-working high achievers that employers crave.
29 Apr
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23 of 54 business schools grew their GRE submission volume from 2022 to 2023, with the biggest leap coming at Rice Business, which jumped 24 percentage points to 31%.
24 Apr
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Rice Business announced that it will add a fourth round for full-time MBA applicants from Canada, Mexico, or the United States “who need a little extra time” to finish their essays and other app components.
Rice leaders met with members of the Danish parliament March 6 to discuss Rice and Houston’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Rice Business Executive Education organized the event to build and maintain bridges between the Danish and Houston business communities.
After 42 pitches and more than 300 meetings, investors and energy corporations have selected the eight “Most Promising Companies” at the 2023 Rice Alliance Energy Venture Day.
The inaugural CEO Foundation gala, held at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, raised a remarkable $315,000 courtesy of the auction and contributions.
The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has established a new startup accelerator program called the Summer Venture Studio. The program is open to students of any major or year, including recent graduates.
Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business ranks 17th among top U.S. business schools and 29th globally — up from 28th and 47th a year ago, respectively — and is No. 1 in Texas, according to 2023 rankings from the Financial Times.
“We believe that the recognition of online and campus MBAs as equal degrees will continue to increase, but that the ability for institutions to offer different modalities to different consumers will continue to be of utmost importance,” says George Andrews, associate dean of degree programs at Rice Business.
Rice Business professor of accounting Ben Lansford says graduating students who might have pursued accounting a decade ago are now going into investment banking, data analysis and consulting: “Those jobs pay more and also don’t require the fifth year of college education.”
Rice Business is in the top 10 in eight categories in the Princeton Review’s newly released specialty business school rankings for 2023. The latest accolades come on the heels of the school’s fourth straight No. 1 entrepreneurship ranking and second straight No. 4 online MBA ranking.
Rice University's online MBA program has something to brag about. According to a new report, the program has risen through the ranks of other online MBA curriculums.
