Rice University and the University of Houston topped the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine’s 2025 list of best graduate schools and undergraduate schools for entrepreneurship studies.
It is not uncommon for both schools to participate in prestigious national rankings.
Rice University ranked first in the graduate category for the sixth year in a row, and UH University ranked first in the undergraduate category for the sixth consecutive year.
“At Rice Business, students learn both in and out of the classroom, leveraging our strong connections to industry and communities in Houston and beyond,” said Peter Rodriguez, dean of the Rice Jones School of Management, in a release. It is stated in “With small class sizes and customized programs, we aim to equip our students to launch new businesses and excel in a rapidly changing business environment.”
UW President Renu Kator praised the ranking as a recognition of the impact of the Sybia and Melvin Wolf Entrepreneurship Center at the Connecticut Bauer College of Business.
“This program is a tremendous asset not only to the University of Houston and the Bauer School of Business, but also to the city of Houston, where entrepreneurship fosters both socio-economic mobility and economic growth,” Cattle said in the release. are. “We are proud to see the impact of this program ripple throughout our community.”
The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur’s 2025 list rankings are based on a survey of administrators at nearly 300 schools in the United States, Canada, and Europe that offer entrepreneurship studies. Among the more than 40 factors used in the rankings are academic programs, faculty qualifications, mentorship opportunities, alumni entrepreneurship, and more.
The only school in Texas to make it into the top 10 was the University of Texas at Austin.
Here are the top 10 schools on our list of the 50 best graduate schools for entrepreneurship studies in 2025.
1. Rice University
2. University of California, Los Angeles
3. University of Michigan Ann Arbor
4. Washington University in St. Louis
5. Babson College
6. University of Washington
7. University of Texas at Austin
8. University of Virginia
9. Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands)
10. University of South Florida
Here are the top 10 schools on our list of the 50 best undergraduate schools for entrepreneurship studies in 2025:
1. University of Houston
2. University of Texas at Austin
3. Babson College
4. University of Washington
5. Washington University in St. Louis
6. University of Michigan Ann Arbor
7. University of Maryland College Park
8. Miami University of Ohio
9. Monterrey Tecnológico, Mexico
10. Northeastern University
Houston has a strong entrepreneurial spirit. The city was recently ranked No. 7 on a list of the top 10 U.S. cities for entrepreneurs.
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This story was originally published on our sister site InnovationMap.
