The US economy just added 500,000 jobs. If you know a better economy that's more open to international talent, let us know: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/business/economy/jobs-report-january-2023.html&nbsp;<br><br>Rice is much better at placing international students. I met a friend of a friend who moved to teach at Rice from the University of California, and she is very happy with the move. Much smaller classes, better learning environment.&nbsp;

[quote]The US economy just added 500,000 jobs. If you know a better economy that's more open to international talent, let us know: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/business/economy/jobs-report-january-2023.html&nbsp;<br><br>Rice is much better at placing international students. I met a friend of a friend who moved to teach at Rice from the University of California, and she is very happy with the move. Much smaller classes, better learning environment.&nbsp; [/quote]<br>Rice is very highly ranked, but how does it compare to UK colleges like Bath and Durham where the course fee is much less.&nbsp;<br>Is it worth spending triple the fees of UK colleges. Or should I invest in my future and just go for Rice. I guess Rice is better than Vanderbilt too?

You'd pick Rice to work in Texas and an English school to work in England. It's a bit weird to have applied to both. If you were able to get into Rice, then in the UK you'd look at LBS or Oxbridge, not cheaper schools. It would be a false economy to get to a school so much worse like Bath, which isn't even in the FT 100.&nbsp;<br><br>Rice's Jones school is very different: that's a small, close-knit, graduate-only school in Texas's most elite private university: 174 students (although Jones does assist undergraduate majors in the engineering school, the Rice building is graduate only). It's like being the top business school in a region with a population like the Benelux region and a GDP equal to Italy or Brazil: that sort of standing. The average salary is $183k: higher than London Business School. Rice has a $10 billion endowment and a budget of $836m for 8,000 students. Durham's endowment is around 1% of Rice's and a budget of £442m for almost 20,000 students. Rice is spending five times more per student. It's really first class against flying economy.<br><br>PS Bath (salary c. $98k) and Durham ($117k)) are outstanding state universities with large, full-service, business schools mainly focused on pre-experience students. However, they don't have the high-quality intake or the higher average quality of faculty of Rice, let alone the resources.&nbsp;&nbsp;

[quote]You'd pick Rice to work in Texas and an English school to work in England. It's a bit weird to have applied to both. If you were able to get into Rice, then in the UK you'd look at LBS or Oxbridge, not cheaper schools. It would be a false economy to get to a school so much worse like Bath, which isn't even in the FT 100.&nbsp;<br><br>Rice's Jones school is very different: that's a small, close-knit, graduate-only school in Texas's most elite private university: 174 students (although Jones does assist undergraduate majors in the engineering school, the Rice building is graduate only). It's like being the top business school in a region with a population like the Benelux region and a GDP equal to Italy or Brazil: that sort of standing. The average salary is $183k: higher than London Business School. Rice has a $10 billion endowment and a budget of $836m for 8,000 students. Durham's endowment is around 1% of Rice's and a budget of £442m for almost 20,000 students. Rice is spending five times more per student. It's really first class against flying economy.<br><br>PS Bath (salary c. $98k) and Durham ($117k)) are outstanding state universities with large, full-service, business schools mainly focused on pre-experience students. However, they don't have the high-quality intake or the higher average quality of faculty of Rice, let alone the resources.&nbsp;&nbsp; [/quote]<br>Hi Duncan,<br>How does Rice compare to Vanderbilt? Last year both the schools were almost similar in rankings. This year Rice has seen a significant jump, but there are certain parameters where Vandy outdid Rice. Which is a better school? Rice seems much better due to the rankings but the 3 years average rank is very close and Vandy has a significantly larger alumni.&nbsp;

I was impressed when I visited the Vanderbilt campus: it's beautiful.&nbsp; Its a much less international cohort and places into different sort of employers.&nbsp;<br><br>PS Check LinkedIn for the exact role you would like but, generally, Houston has a lot more tech than Nashville. However, as you say, the Vanderbilt MBA has performed strongly in recent years: maybe Poets &amp; Quants can give you clues about why things have dipped. These are both great universities.&nbsp;