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STUDENT LIFE
Active MBA specialization clubs open to part-time students:

Biotech/Health care

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

High Tech

Human Resources

Information Technology

Marketing

Other

Active MBA networking clubs open to part-time students:

Black MBA Association

Hispanic Student Organization

International Club

Volunteer

Wine

Women in MBA

Other

  Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus?
No

  Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms?
Yes

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching Methods:

Case Study: 30  %
Experiential Learning: 10  %
Lectures: 30  %
Simulations: 10  %
Team Projects: 20  %

Estimated number of hours per week students spend working in class and outside the classroom:
24

Teachers in the part-time program:
76

Tenured teachers in the part-time program:
38

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:
100  %

Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience:
60  %

Average core class size:
36

Average elective class size:
34

Electives available:
87

Recently added electives:
Marketing Decision Models
Geopolitics of Energy
Thinking Strategically
Economics of Incentives and Organizations
Energy Security

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Recent curriculum changes:
Minor curriculum changes made in 2008

  Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program?
No

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Finance

Leadership

Marketing

Strategy

Graduation requirements:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter grade average


Credits required to graduate:
57

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
Infrastructure upgrades (wireless, faster Ethernet wiring, security, new servers,Faculty and Staff Hardware refresh, Student laptops,Student printer refresh,Exchange mail server El Paso energy trading room upgrades, Classroom technology upgrades (projectors, AV equipment, Website upgrade

Amount spent:
$  2,511,130

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
3,907

Active MBA alumni clubs:
8

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
5

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
20  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  647

Median gift from MBA alumni:
$  200

  Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?
No

  Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?
Yes

  Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes

University alumni networking site:
http://alumni.rice.edu/

  Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes

Business school alumni networking site:
http://business.rice.edu/Alumni_Resources.aspx

  Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
Yes

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CAREER SERVICES
  Do part-time MBAs have access to career development office?
Yes

  If yes, at what point in the degree process are part-time MBA students able to use the service?
After the first year

  Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs?
Yes

  Are part-time students included in resume drops?
Yes

Organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:



ExxonMobil


Chevron

Shell

National Oilwell Varcon

Houston ISB

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After graduation I realized that the program made me a better person with a very strong theoretical background in business. Also, I made great fiends in the program. I will be able to count on them for the rest of my life. I just can't put a price on that!!

The program provided excellent learning opportunities and very capable faculty. Most important, though, it gave us a lot of information which transferred seamlessly from the classroom to the office, and improved my work.

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Every Thursday we had "partios" (parties on the patio) sponsored by local companies where students could network with the employees of the company and also other students. It provided a great opportunity to learn more about the company and also to sell oneself in the hopes of a job opportunity.

Some of the classmates were great, others were very poor and basically absent. Allowing students to establish their own groups early on would have alleviated some of the frustration in dealing with groups.

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Rice is a great program on the upswing. Program Office is eager to please. Teaching is superb and engaged.

This institution and the Program Office did everything possible to provide the evening students with an in-depth MBA experience that would be as comparable as possible to a full-time MBA experience. I must state that our program is technically full-time, we finished in 22 months, and it was a cohort program (lock-step first year, all electives the second). The depth of MBA experience, given that it was a predominately evening program, was truly remarkable.

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Every meal was a networking experience. My peers were of very high caliber, and I made a lot of contacts that helped me in my job.

I can't recommend the Jones School at Rice University enough. While there were some difficulties, the program exceeded my expectations entirely. The caliber of my classmates, both intellectually and in terms of their experience was incredible. By the way, the MBA for professionals at the Jones School is a FULL-time evening program. Going to school full time and working full time for 22 months was very difficult—and very worth it.