专业介绍
Collaborative Culture. Big Impact.
Known for our tight-knit MBA program in a city full of opportunities, Rice Business offers real-world experiences and industry connections that can transform your career. With a focus on research-driven curriculum, AI application and innovation, we’ll help prepare you to lead through whatever challenges tomorrow brings. Together, we will make a lasting impact — driving change and creating new possibilities.
Our Reputation Speaks for Itself.
Rice Business is consistently recognized by leading publications, including U.S. News, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fortune, Financial Times, The Princeton Review and Poets&Quants. These rankings reflect the strength of our academic programs, faculty, career resources and community. When you choose Rice Business, you join a school committed to helping you build the skills, connections and opportunities to advance your career.
Outstanding Career Outcomes
Outcomes matter: whether you’re hoping to see a higher salary, better raises or lasting career support. Our Career Development Office connects students, alumni and leading employers year-round, and more than 70% of our students secure their role through our community. Rice MBA students enter roles across consulting, financial services, energy, technology, healthcare and more.
The Right Culture
Our tight-knit culture defines both your time as a student and your life as an alum. Since matriculating its first class in 1974, Rice Business has graduated more than 10,000 alumni. You’ll build meaningful connections with peers and faculty alike and join a network that spans industries all around the world.
Engaging Faculty and Innovative Curriculum
Rice MBA courses are taught by globally recognized faculty who are dedicated to your education and goals. You’ll learn to apply their research insights, better implement AI tools and unlock your potential as a leader. As recruiters know well, our rigorous curriculum fosters innovative thinking and equips you to face any challenge in today’s evolving business world.
Builds an Entrepreneurial Mindset
Rice Business is an internationally recognized leader for educating and producing talented entrepreneurs. We’re especially proud of our business plan competition, the world’s largest and richest graduate student startup competition, which we’ve run for more than 20 years.
Strong ROI
Why is a Rice MBA worth the investment? Watch our finance professor James Weston calculate the ROI of an MBA from Rice Business to help you make your decision. Not to mention, 96% of current full-time students are supported by our school’s scholarships and grants.
Our Location: Houston
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the U.S., home to the second highest number of Fortune 500 headquarters, with one of the youngest, fastest-growing and most diverse populations in the world. Overflowing with tech, oil, gas, health care, banking, startups, foodies, arts, sports and Texas charm, Houston is a great place to land for your MBA.
Experiential Learning Opportunities
Our world is increasingly connected — and global experience is more valuable now than ever. No matter your program, every Rice MBA student gains hands-on international field experience and develops the skills recruiters are looking for: strategic thinking, problem solving and leadership.
The Energy Connection
Are you passionate about the world of energy? Rice Business is uniquely positioned to support you. With a strong alumni network, proximity to the energy capital of the world, our faculty expertise, specialized concentrations and access to the latest technologies, the Rice MBA will help you lead the energy transition.