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).
#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.
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.
$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).
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.