WashU, Rice, or Vanderbilt

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Rice certainly has all three of these majors. It doesn’t have an undergrad Business school (only grad school) but the Baker Institute of Public Policy is phenomenal, and Rice has majors in Econ, poli sci etc. I believe the international relations is part of the poli sci major. There is also a minor (I believe) in policy studies (Envt’l policy, healthcare policy and mgt, gov’t policy and mgt, int’l affairs, law and justice, busness policy and mgt, urban and social change, etc). It might be considered a major, but I think it has to be combined with another major. It, like managerial studies, is not a major on its own. My personal favorite major at Rice is “Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations”. Not sure how marketable that major is… but it always makes me smile.</p>

<p>*** Forgot to mention-- there is a frequent misnomer about Rice and Houston. They may be located in Texas, but they are not what you would think of when you think “Texas”. Houston is a vibrant metropolitan city, and being on the Rice campus feels like being at any of the NE schools. Northeasterners do <em>not</em> feel out of place.</p>