Rice Business MBA | Online
The STEM-designated online MBA program from Rice Business brings a tight-knit community and data-driven business education from our home in Houston to professionals around the world.
At Rice Business, we value diverse perspectives, authentic voices and entrepreneurial thinkers.
Through a combination of core skills training and personal support from best-in-class faculty, the online MBA program from Rice Business will teach you to fearlessly pursue innovation, solve complex business problems and nourish bold ideas.
As a student, you will amplify your technical and leadership skills and can customize your program by selecting electives in areas such as finance, marketing, entrepreneurship, strategy and operations.
Are You Rice-Ready?
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When you expand your perspective, you expand your potential. The Rice MBA gives you the tools to approach challenges and solve problems differently, and the mindset to identify and seize new opportunities.”
Barbara Bennett
DIRECTOR OF MBA@RICE
Learn To Think Like an Entrepreneur
Just like our hometown of Houston, Rice Business is a hub of innovation and hungry for ideas. It’s why we’ve been ranked as the #1 business school for entrepreneurship in the nation.7
See some of the ways Rice Business nurtures your inner entrepreneur:
Entrepreneurship is integrated throughout the curriculum, which benefits professionals from corporate managers to startup founders.
The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on the Rice campus hosts classes, networking events, competitions and workshops.
In the Rice Business Plan Competition, the world’s largest intercollegiate startup event, you can pitch to investors and advance your startup.
The OwlSpark Accelerator was founded to ignite a passion for entrepreneurship within the Rice community. Since 2013, 140 founders have launched 54 startups through OwlSpark.
Personalized Learning. Full-Service Support.
At Rice Business, you’ll find that all of our learning experiences—online and on campus—are built around our core values of being attentive, responsive and kind.
The online MBA program is designed to help you create meaningful connections with diverse peers and faculty who are invested in your growth.
- Join the greater Rice University family, with 82,000 alumni worldwide.
- Attend an on-campus Rice Residential Immersion and a Global Field Experience.
- Receive personalized support from a dedicated student success team, with academic advising, technical support and more.
- Expand your network and strengthen your sense of community through the Online MBA Student Association.
These supportive experiences empower you to develop essential business skills and lifelong relationships while still honoring your personal and professional commitments.
PERSONALLY SPEAKING…
“My biggest takeaway from Rice’s MBA program was learning how to respond to things unconventionally—coming up with solutions that I had never done or seen before.”
Liam M.
“I had always wanted to be a part of Rice, to be a student of Rice, to be an alumnus of Rice. And the MBA@Rice allowed me to fit that into my timeline.”
Brian J.
“What impressed me most was how easily my cohort formed connections, between working remotely and spending time together in class. It was amazing how well everybody was connected.”
Mike D.
Accomplished, Forward-Thinking Faculty
Rice Business faculty members will reshape the way you think about business. Not only do they prepare you for sustained career success through teaching and mentorship, but they are consistently publishing new research and insights about modern business challenges.
Learn more about our acclaimed faculty members on our Faculty page, or at Rice Business Wisdom—our online ideas magazine that features clear, brief synopses of the academic research being done at Rice.
Our Admissions Process: Selective, Not Exclusive
Rice Business is selective about who we admit because we want our students to make meaningful connections. We want to learn about your accomplishments—and we want to see your authenticity and boldness.
Explore our admissions and application process below.
Deadlines and Requirements
View upcoming admissions deadlines as well as detailed application requirements.
Upcoming Events
Hear directly from enrollment and/or faculty at the next online information session.
YOU BELONG HERE.
LET’S GET STARTED.
Take the first step toward being part of the Rice Business
network by requesting information today.
Rice Business partners with 2U to support the delivery of this online program. Rice Business has full control over the program, including all core academic functions. Learn more about 2U’s roles and responsibilities.
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