Rice University Business School

Rice University Business School
TypePrivate business school
Established1974
Parent institution
Rice University
Location
Houston
,
Texas
,
United States
Websitebusiness.rice.edu

The Rice University Business School (branded as Rice Business) is the business school of Rice University in Houston, Texas, United States. It consists of the Jones Graduate School of Business and the Virani Undergraduate School of Business.[1]

Business school rankings
U.S. MBA Rankings
Bloomberg (2025)[2]22
U.S. News & World Report (2026)[3]29
Global MBA Rankings
FT (2026)[4]38

History

In the late 1970s, future U.S. president George H. W. Bush served at the school as an adjunct professor of administrative science. His relationship to the school helped bring the 16th G7 summit to Rice University in 1990.[5]

In 2009, Rice renamed the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management as the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business.[6]

On October 29, 2024, Rice University announced the establishment of the Virani Undergraduate School of Business, following a gift to the university by Farid and Asha Virani.[7]

In 2024, Rice broke ground on a 112,000-square-foot building adjoining McNair Hall.[8]

Texas Medical Center skyline

Rankings

Shell Auditorium in McNair Hall

In the Financial Times 2026 ranking, Rice was listed 38th globally and 16th in the United States.

Rice's graduate entrepreneurship program has been ranked No. 1 by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine for seven consecutive years (2020-2026).[9][10] The MBA program was ranked No. 3 best in finance by Princeton Review 2025.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About Rice Business - Jones Graduate School of Business". business.rice.edu. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
  2. ↑ "Best Business School Rankings 2025–26". Bloomberg Businessweek.
  3. ↑ "Best Business Schools". U.S. News & World Report.
  4. ↑ "FT Global MBA Rankings". Financial Times.
  5. ↑ Byrne, John (July 7, 2020). "Remembering the G7 Summit held at Rice University 30 years ago". Click2Houston. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  6. ↑ Nguyen, Julia (June 26, 2009). "New name, new look for Rice University's business school". Rice News. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  7. ↑ "Rice University announces historic gift to establish Virani Undergraduate School of Business". Rice University. 2024-10-29. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
  8. ↑ "Building the Future: Campus Projects Reach Key Milestones". Rice Division of Operations, Finance, and Support. August 28, 2025. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  9. ↑ "Top Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies 2025 Press Release | Public Relations | The Princeton Review". www.princetonreview.com. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
  10. ↑ Ketterer, Samantha (November 13, 2024). "University of Houston, Rice University programs nab top spots in Princeton Review rankings". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Best MBA for Finance | The Princeton Review". www.princetonreview.com. Retrieved 2025-05-09.

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