Rice University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Population 5,500,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 75 (8% 🥵) muggy
Sunshine Hours 2,578 (48%)
Days Without Precipitation 260 (78%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,768
Men / Women 50% / 50%
From State 38%
From Region 3%
Athletes 408 (8.7%)

Racial/Ethnic

Asian 29%
White 26%
Hispanic 17%
International 13%
Black 8%
Mixed 6%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing 475 63% 25% 33% 7% 15% 14% $161,554 100 +1.87 100 96%
Bioengineering 42 — 36% 24% 38% 7% 14% 12% $134,006 100 +3.02 99 96% — — — —
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 18 — 50% 39% 17% 0% 22% 11% $115,870 87 +1.06 95 98% — — — —
Civil and Environmental Engineering 21 +1 38% 24% 19% 5% 24% 14% $96,103 75 +0.54 84 94% — — — —
Electrical & Computer Engineering 43 — 70% 14% 35% 9% 16% 19% $141,020 89 +1.13 99 100% — — — —
Materials Science and NanoEngineering 11 — 91% 55% 9% 0% 27% 9% $104,774 88 +1.16 90 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 74 — 78% 39% 11% 7% 23% 11% $108,668 90 +1.19 92 100% — — — —
Operations Research 13 — 77% 31% 23% 0% 15% 15% $127,400 81 +0.88 98 — — — — —
Computer Science 197 +6 65% 17% 46% 6% 11% 17% $215,464 98 +2.65 100 94% — — — —
Computational and Applied Mathematics 17 +1 59% 24% 41% 12% 24% 0% $133,552 86 +0.79 99 — — — — —
Statistics 39 +2 51% 33% 31% 10% 10% 8% $137,837 87 +0.92 99 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Architecture 43 42% 14% 16% 7% 16% 44% $66,229 33 -0.21 26
Architectural Studies 26 — 38% 4% 15% 12% 19% 50% $67,273 44 -0.09 29 — — — — —
Architectural Studies 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% $64,218 29 -0.44 21 — — — — —
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology 16 — 50% 31% 19% 0% 12% 31% $64,659 30 -0.39 22 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Humanities 90 27% 46% 17% 6% 14% 10% $65,196 28 +1.16 24 95%
Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations — +5 — — — — — — $81,884 96 +2.44 65 — — — — —
Asian Studies 12 +10 33% 33% 25% 0% 8% 8% $61,034 61 +0.14 15 — — — — —
Classical Languages 6 — 33% 67% 0% 0% 0% 17% $64,626 73 +0.59 22 — — — — —
English 23 +15 17% 30% 22% 13% 22% 4% $57,423 77 +0.61 9 92% — — — —
French — +7 — — — — — — $65,085 73 +0.63 24 — — — — —
History 19 +18 37% 63% 0% 5% 16% 11% $87,246 98 +2.96 74 100% — — — —
Latin American and Latinx Studies 1 +5 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $60,840 59 +0.13 14 — — — — —
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 1 +8 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $81,892 96 +2.44 65 — — — — —
Philosophy 3 +10 100% 33% 33% 0% 0% 33% $80,620 90 +1.45 63 — — — — —
Religion 3 +5 33% 33% 67% 0% 0% 0% $64,260 95 +1.65 21 — — — — —
Romance Languages 4 +2 0% 25% 25% 0% 50% 0% $64,367 72 +0.56 22 — — — — —
Women's Studies 2 +3 0% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% $60,303 70 +0.50 13 — — — — —
Art History 3 +10 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,625 50 -0.17 3 — — — — —
Visual and Dramatic Arts 13 +15 23% 38% 15% 8% 15% 23% $51,139 90 +1.08 4 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Social Sciences 374 36% 22% 30% 12% 16% 10% $89,922 89 +1.60 78 95%
Health Sciences 33 +6 27% 6% 42% 24% 18% 0% $80,997 89 +0.86 64 — — — — —
Kinesiology 49 +3 33% 10% 43% 22% 16% 2% $67,700 76 +0.69 30 — — — — —
Economics 34 +11 56% 26% 47% 6% 6% 12% $140,763 92 +1.61 99 96% — — — —
Mathematical Economic Analysis 36 +9 33% 14% 25% 3% 6% 44% $140,763 92 +1.61 99 96% — — — —
Sport Analytics 39 +9 67% 41% 10% 15% 5% 15% $71,974 85 +1.13 42 100% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies — — — — — — — — $81,132 97 +2.28 64 — — — — —
Linguistics 7 +4 29% 71% 0% 0% 14% 0% $64,675 73 +0.59 22 — — — — —
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods — — — — — — — — $81,249 97 +2.29 64 — — — — —
Anthropology 12 +3 17% 25% 17% 17% 33% 0% $80,874 98 +2.17 64 — — — — —
Cognitive Sciences 36 +12 22% 11% 53% 6% 11% 8% $75,123 41 -0.32 50 88% — — — —
Political Science 33 +17 52% 33% 6% 15% 18% 9% $99,231 95 +1.99 86 94% — — — —
Psychological Sciences 56 +15 20% 23% 30% 11% 23% 5% $68,841 98 +2.09 33 93% — — — —
Social Policy Analysis 22 +9 32% 27% 27% 9% 32% 0% $107,244 100 +6.40 91 — — — — —
Sociology 17 +12 41% 24% 24% 0% 29% 6% $80,225 97 +2.12 62 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Shepherd School of Music 18 50% 56% 11% 22% 0% 0% $37,244 0 -1.02 1 94%
Brass Instruments 3 — 67% 67% 0% 33% 0% 0% $37,239 10 -1.02 1 94% — — — —
Composition 2 — 100% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $37,239 10 -1.02 1 94% — — — —
Keyboard Instruments 2 — 50% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $37,239 10 -1.02 1 94% — — — —
Music 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $37,239 10 -1.02 1 94% — — — —
Percussion Instruments 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $37,340 10 -1.01 1 — — — — —
Stringed Instruments 9 — 33% 56% 22% 11% 0% 0% $37,239 10 -1.02 1 94% — — — —
Voice and Opera — — — — — — — — $37,239 10 -1.02 1 94% — — — —
Woodwind Instruments — — — — — — — — $37,239 10 -1.02 1 94% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Virani Undergraduate School of Business 89 61% 48% 24% 8% 12% 6% $138,103 100 +3.15 99
Business 89 +25 61% 48% 24% 8% 12% 6% $138,103 98 +3.15 99 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Wiess School of Natural Sciences 263 49% 22% 38% 6% 15% 10% $68,794 39 -0.26 33 89%
Data Analytics 3 +5 100% 67% 0% 0% 0% 33% $139,658 93 +1.30 99 — — — — —
Astronomy — — — — — — — — $106,397 95 +1.64 91 — — — — —
Astrophysics 5 +1 20% 40% 0% 0% 0% 40% $106,216 95 +1.63 91 — — — — —
Chemical Physics 2 +1 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 50% $106,299 95 +1.64 91 — — — — —
Chemistry 25 — 52% 20% 28% 0% 20% 20% $82,399 90 +1.04 66 — — — — —
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences 4 — 50% 0% 50% 25% 0% 25% $66,319 60 +0.11 27 — — — — —
Mathematics 30 +16 80% 23% 20% 3% 13% 30% $73,895 41 -0.43 47 89% — — — —
Physics 17 +3 76% 47% 6% 6% 12% 18% $106,277 95 +1.63 91 — — — — —
Biochemistry — — — — — — — — $64,258 18 -0.64 21 100% — — — —
Biosciences 129 +2 40% 19% 45% 7% 18% 3% $59,314 17 -0.83 12 — — — — —
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology — — — — — — — — $64,216 87 +0.87 21 — — — — —
Neuroscience 40 +1 48% 20% 62% 8% 8% 0% $60,711 20 -0.55 14 — — — — —
Environmental Science 8 — 38% 25% 12% 12% 38% 0% $62,678 73 +0.51 18 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $73,481
ROI Percentile 93th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 97%
4-Year Graduation Rate 87%
6-Year Graduation Rate 95%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Engineering 16.4% 222 63% 30% 23% 6% 20% 13% $120,027 94 +1.43 96 98% —
Computer Science 14.8% 200 66% 18% 45% 6% 10% 18% $214,327 99 +2.63 100 94% —
Business & Economics 14.6% 198 56% 37% 25% 8% 9% 16% $126,018 96 +2.21 98 97% —
Social Sciences 13.0% 176 30% 23% 28% 10% 22% 6% $82,544 97 +2.13 67 93% —
Life & Natural Sciences 12.5% 169 41% 19% 49% 7% 15% 2% $59,645 16 -0.76 12 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 10.3% 139 60% 29% 25% 6% 14% 17% $106,032 90 +0.73 91 89% —
Health Sciences 6.1% 82 30% 9% 43% 23% 17% 1% $73,051 31 +0.76 45 — —
Humanities 6.0% 81 28% 47% 16% 5% 15% 7% $67,984 92 +1.17 31 95% —
Arts 5.7% 77 39% 31% 14% 10% 12% 29% $56,259 70 -0.18 8 94% —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.6% 8 38% 25% 12% 12% 38% 0% $62,678 61 +0.51 18 — —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $137M #33 46% $5.7M 100 #35 577 97
Physical Sciences & Math $57.3M #61 55% $2.5M 61 #47 454 92
Humanities & Social Sciences $33.7M #65 22% $0.1M 47 #108 145 11
Life & Natural Sciences $22.0M #124 57% $0.1M 21 #100 158 23
Computer Science $12.9M #71 61% $0.4M 25 #33 109 8
Education $7.7M #66 24% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $3.3M #132 9% $0 13 #102 51 —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.1M #265 85% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.0M #407 0% $0 — — — —
Total $274M #96 46% $8.7M 267 #89 1,494 231

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 123 $19.6M $19.6M $0
Track & Field (combined) 84 $1.7M $1.7M $0
Baseball 42 $3.4M $3.4M $0
Basketball 16 $5.0M $5.0M $0
Tennis 11 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Golf 10 $981K $981K $0
Total 253 $31.8M $31.8M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 101 $2.5M $2.5M $0
Soccer 31 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Swimming & Diving 27 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Volleyball 16 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Basketball 15 $4.3M $4.3M $0
Tennis 9 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Total 155 $14.1M $14.1M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 185 $4.2M $4.2M $0
Football 123 $19.6M $19.6M $0
Baseball 42 $3.4M $3.4M $0
Basketball 31 $9.3M $9.3M $0
Soccer 31 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Swimming & Diving 27 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Tennis 20 $2.3M $2.3M $0
Volleyball 16 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Golf 10 $981K $981K $0
Total 408 $70.4M $70.4M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 7.7%
Yield (non-ED) 27%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 4
Early Decision 2 Jan 4

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 7% 9% 4%
Early Decision 11% 14% 5%
Unhooked Early Decision 6% 8% —

Hooked: legacy, recruited athletes, faculty-related, and Questbridge

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 83%
SAT Range 1510 – 1560
SAT Math Range 760 – 800
SAT RW Range 740 – 770