Rady School of Management

What Rady School of Management does

Rady School of Management is the graduate business school of UC San Diego, located in La Jolla, California, and established in 2004. It offers seven degree pathways — Full-Time MBA, Part-Time MBA (FlexEvening), Executive MBA, Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA), Master of Quantitative Finance (MQF), Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc), and Ph.D. — plus undergraduate business courses and Executive Education. Four programs (MSBA, MQF, MPAc, Executive MBA) carry STEM designation from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, extending OPT eligibility for international graduates. The school's operating philosophy, "Business is a Science," positions it as the data- and analytics-oriented business school within the UC San Diego research ecosystem, ranking #2 for Entrepreneurship and #53 overall on Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools 2023-24.

The core technology stack supporting instruction includes a Bloomberg Terminal lab and a proprietary analytics toolkit: Radiant (browser-based R interface), rsm-jupyter (Docker image bundling Python, Jupyter, R, RStudio, Postgres, and PySpark), pyrsm (Python package for Customer Analytics), and GitGadget (version-control workflow tool). The faculty bench is built around named endowed chairs (including the Dr. Harry M. Markowitz Endowed Chair in Finance and Investing and the Wolfe Family Presidential Chair) and professors recruited from Kellogg, Princeton, Stanford, UCLA, and UC Berkeley.

The revenue model rests on two streams: recurring tuition across the graduate and undergraduate degree programs (MBA, MSBA, MQF, MPAc, Executive MBA, Ph.D.), and professional-services revenue from custom Executive Education, corporate capstone projects, The Rady Exchange, and the Rady Accelerator venture program. As a department within the public University of California system, Rady is funded through tuition, state appropriations, research grants, and philanthropic donations rather than equity capital. Customer base is structurally diversified across individual students and corporate employer partners spanning technology (Apple, Qualcomm, LinkedIn, Intuit), finance and consulting (Discover, Deloitte, EY, KPMG), defense (Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney), and gaming (Epic Games, AviaGames).

Name

Rady School of Management

Legal name

Rady School of Management at UC San Diego

Website

https://rady.ucsd.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rady School of Management is the graduate business school of UC San Diego in La Jolla, offering MBA, MSBA, MQF, MPAc, Executive MBA, and Ph.D. programs to early-career and working professionals, with multiple STEM-designated degrees and an analytics-driven curriculum ranked #2 for Entrepreneurship by Bloomberg Businessweek 2023-24.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Graduate Business Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

MBA & Executive MBA Programs (EDAHAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Executive Education & Corporate Programs (Non-degree) (EDAHAHAN)

Keywords

• Graduate business education
• MBA programs
• Business analytics
• Quantitative finance
• Executive education

Headquarters

HQ city

La Jolla

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Graduate Business Education Tuition: Revenue from tuition fees for MBA, MSBA, MQF, MPAc, Executive MBA, and Ph.D. programs. UC San Diego is a public university, receiving state funding and research grants alongside tuition revenue.
2. Executive Education and Custom Programs: Revenue from custom executive education programs and professional development offerings for corporate clients

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Rady School of Management is UC San Diego's graduate business school offering degree programs including Full-Time MBA, Part-Time MBA (FlexEvening), Executive MBA, Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA), Master of Quantitative Finance (MQF), Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc), Ph.D., and Undergraduate Programs, alongside custom Executive Education for corporate clients. Several programs are STEM-designated and emphasize data science, analytics, and quantitative finance using proprietary tooling such as Radiant and rsm-jupyter.

Product overview

Rady School of Management at UC San Diego offers a comprehensive portfolio of graduate and undergraduate business education programs. The school operates as a unified academic institution with multiple degree programs including Full-Time MBA, Part-Time MBA (FlexEvening), Executive MBA, MS in Business Analytics (MSBA), Master of Quantitative Finance (MQF), Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc), Ph.D. Program, and Undergraduate Programs, plus Executive Education. Several programs hold STEM designation from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The school also supports experiential learning through the Rady Accelerator venture program and maintains student organizations including the Rady Finance Club and Rady Data Analytics Club. The institution emphasizes data-driven, analytical education and has achieved a #2 ranking for entrepreneurship on Bloomberg Businessweek's Best B-Schools 2023-24.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Business is a Science: The school's tagline/motto emphasizing the intersection of business, data, and scientific thinking

Products and services

• Full-Time MBA A full-time Master of Business Administration program with focus on entrepreneurship (ranked #2) and STEM-designated analytical coursework, for early-to-mid career professionals seeking comprehensive business education and career transition.
• Part-Time MBA (FlexEvening) An evening-based part-time MBA program designed for working professionals seeking to advance their careers while continuing employment.
• Executive MBA An executive MBA program for senior professionals featuring weekend classes, capstone projects with real companies, and collaboration with other UC San Diego schools. STEM-designated.
• Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) A STEM-designated graduate program focusing on data science, machine learning, and business analytics, preparing students for roles in data science and analytics leadership.
• Master of Quantitative Finance (MQF) A STEM-designated program in quantitative finance covering financial modeling, econometrics, risk management, and computational finance using tools like Python and SQL.
• Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) A STEM-designated professional accounting program with a project-based curriculum preparing students for CPA certification and careers at Big Four accounting firms.
• Ph.D. Program A doctoral program in management designed to prepare scholars for academic careers in business education and research.
• Executive Education Customized executive education programs for organizations focusing on leadership development, analytics, and business strategy.

Quantifiable outcome

• Graduates secure positions at major companies including Deloitte, EY, KPMG, PwC, LinkedIn, Apple, Qualcomm, Discover Financial Services, Epic Games
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AviaGamesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 February 2026Strategic marketing research project partnership with UC San Diego's Rady School of Management MBA program for AviaGames' mobile game Solitaire Clash. Student team analyzes market dynamics, player motivations, and competitive positioning to inform U.S. growth strategy. Project runs through March 2026.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• UCLA Anderson School of Management: Direct peer: also a UC-system business school in Southern California offering full-time MBA, executive MBA, MSBA, MQF-adjacent, and PhD programs. Same public-university funding model and STEM-designation approach as Rady, serving a comparable applicant pool in the same regional labor market.
• USC Marshall School of Business: Direct peer: a Los Angeles-area graduate business school offering full-time MBA, part-time MBA, MSBA, and executive education programs that directly compete with Rady for SoCal applicants, STEM-designated international students, and LA/San Diego employer recruiting relationships.
• UC Berkeley Haas School of Business: Direct peer: another UC-system business school offering full-time MBA, evening MBA, MSBA, MFE-style programs, and PhD tracks — sharing the same public-university tuition model and serving overlapping corporate recruiter networks in California.
• UC Davis Graduate School of Management: Direct peer: another UC-system graduate business school with similar full-time and part-time MBA and specialized master's offerings, but with a smaller specialization footprint — a useful benchmark for Rady's STEM-designation and analytics-program strategy.

Regional players

• University of San Diego School of Business: Regional peer: a private San Diego business school with MBA and specialized master's programs primarily serving the same San Diego applicant pool as Rady, though without Rady's STEM-designated MSBA, MQF, or MPAc footprint and without UC-system research scale.

Emerging players

• Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business: Strong functional peer: a STEM-focused business school with a heavily quant MSBA-equivalent, MS in Quantitative Finance, and MBA programs whose tech-heavy, analytics-first positioning closely mirrors Rady's "Business is a Science" thesis and faculty-recruitment profile.

Broad incumbents

• Stanford Graduate School of Business: Broad incumbent: a top-tier business school in the same Bay Area/California ecosystem with overlapping recruiter networks (especially for analytics, finance, and entrepreneurship talent). Not a head-to-head competitor by tier, but shapes the regional market for faculty and corporate relationships.
• MIT Sloan School of Management: Broad incumbent: a globally leading business school whose MBAn (analytics) and MS in Finance programs set the benchmark for the kind of STEM-designated, data-driven curriculum Rady is scaling. Useful comp for technology-stack integration in MSBA curricula.
• University of Michigan Ross School of Business: Broad incumbent: a top-ranked public-university business school with comparable action-based learning, MSBA, and STEM-designated programs. Ross is a meaningful benchmark for the upside case of where Rady's STEM + specialization + ranking-momentum thesis could land over time.
• Indiana University Kelley School of Business: Broad incumbent: a top-ranked public-university business school known for strong online MBA and analytics offerings — useful as a comp on how to scale STEM-designated specialized master's and executive programs beyond a single campus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/rady-school-of-management
• Xx.com/radyschool
• Facebookfacebook.com/info

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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