Rice University

Houston, TX · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
8.0%
2,948 admitted
SAT · 50th
1540
Range 1510–1560
6-yr grad
95.3%
Retention 96.8%
Undergrads
4,807
5.61:1 S-F
Admissions
8.0% / 10.2%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications36,791
Overall admit rate8.0%
In-state admit rate8.0%
Out-of-state admit rate10.2%
Enrolled1,263 · 42.8% yield
Admitted from waitlist66 of 3,196
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsExtracurriculars, Test scores, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1540
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1510–1560 · 59.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W740760770
Math760790800
Comp151015401560
ACT
255075
Comp343536
Cost & aid
$71,170
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$71,170
Fees$984
Room & board$20,530
Books$1,540
Avg need-based grant$69,521
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$26,491
Academics
5.61 : 1
student-faculty ratio
96.8% retention
Student-faculty5.61 : 1
Retention96.8%
4-year graduation88.4%
6-year graduation95.3%
Enrollment
4,807
undergraduates
57.0% out-of-state · 166 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates4,807
First-year1,263
Transfer74
Full-time98%
Female49%
Out-of-state57.0%
International (freshmen)166
Rankings
#10
Niche
Best Colleges in America
SourceListRankYr
NicheBest Colleges in America#1026
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#1126
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#1226
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Private)#1426
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#1526
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#1726
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Doctorate)#2126
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceAmerican Conference8
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FBS95
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingTexas colleges14
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
$75
application fee
waivable
Regular decision4-Jan → 1-Apr → 1-May
Early decision1-Nov → 15-Dec · binding
Early decision 24-Jan
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyRecommended
Admissions URLwww.commonapp.org/explore/rice-universit…
Admissions emailadmission@rice.edu
Admissions phone713-348-7423
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Duke University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Duke University NC · Private (nonprofit)5.2%15506K
Vanderbilt University TN · Private (nonprofit)5.4%15307K
Johns Hopkins University MD · Private (nonprofit)6.1%1550
University of Chicago IL · Private (nonprofit)4.5%15407K
Northwestern University IL · Private (nonprofit)7.7%15409K
Harvard University MA · Private (nonprofit)4.2%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA · Private (nonprofit)4.6%15504K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Rice University

18 years of Rice University's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.