Rice University (Jones)

Business School Overview

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Rank Category Name #30 Best Business Schools

Specialties Locked in Entrepreneurship #17 in Part-time MBA

Business School Overview

The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University offers graduate programs in these departments and concentrations: accounting, consulting, entrepreneurship, finance, general management, international business, and marketing. Its tuition is full-time: $46,000 per year; part-time: $94,000 total program; and executive: $104,000 total program. At graduation, 77.1 percent of graduates of the full-time program are employed.

Situated in Houston, the fourth largest city in the country, the Rice University Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business focuses on providing small class sizes and field-project-oriented electives to give students real-world practice. The Jones School offers a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 to give students a more intimate business-learning experience and more access to professors. Students in the full-time M.B.A. program are immersed in the Action Learning Project after their first year of study, which allows teams of students to examine a company’s processes and give recommendations to improve practices. Companies that have participated in this project include J.P. Morgan Chase Healthcare, Continental Airlines, and Savage Design.

Along with a full-time program, the Jones School offers an executive M.B.A., professional M.B.A., and Ph.D. programs in accounting, finance, marketing, and strategic management. Joint degrees are offered in conjunction with the George R. Brown School of Engineering and the Wiess School of Natural Sciences. There are more than 25 M.B.A.-related student clubs and organizations available at Rice University, including the International Management Club and the Finance and Asset Management Club.

Some of the notable alumni of the Jones Graduate School of Business include Mitch Bainwol, chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); James Turley, chairman and CEO of professional services firm Ernst & Young; and Douglas Foshee, chairman, president, and CEO of natural gas producer El Paso Corp.

Admissions

Application deadline (U.S. residents)	April 7
Application deadline (international students)	April 7
Applicants (full-time)
Applicants (part-time)

Academics

Departments/concentrations

accounting general management consulting international business entrepreneurship marketing finance other

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	231
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $46,000 per year Part-time: $94,000 total program Executive: $104,000 total program
Required fees (full-time and part-time)	$2,903 per year
Required fees (executive degree program)	N/A

Salary

Average base salary	$99,506
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	77.1%

* Business School Overview details based on 2012 data