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Office of Institutional
Research at Rice University - December 1999
STUDENT
INFORMATION(FALL 1999)
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ENROLLMENT
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FALL '99
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%
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Headcount Totals
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4,274
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100.00
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Undergrad. Totals
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2,748
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64.29
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Freshman 1
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808
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29.01
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Sophomore
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553
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19.85
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Junior
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655
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23.52
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Senior
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732
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26.28
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Fifth Year Students
2
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37
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0.87
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Graduate Totals
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1,489
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34.84
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GRADUATE
ENROLLMENT (FALL 1999)
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School
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Architecture
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56
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3.76%
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Engineering
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345
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23.17%
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Humanities
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153
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10.28%
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Management
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381
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25.59%
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Music
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175
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11.75%
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Natural Sciences
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260
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17.46%
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Social Sciences
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119
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7.99%
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Totals
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1,489
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100.00%
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ETHNICITY
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Native American
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24
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0.56
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Asian-American
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481
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11.25
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African-American
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224
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5.24
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Hispanic-American
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325
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7.60
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Multi-Racial
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N/A
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N/A
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White (incl. unknown)
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2,710
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63.41
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International
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510
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11.93
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GENDER
(ALL STUDENTS)
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Male
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2,412
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56.43
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Female
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1,846
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43.20
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Gender not designated
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16
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0.37
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| ADMISSION
INFORMATION (FALL 1999) |
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UNDERGRADUATE
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FALL '99
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Applied
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5,740
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Accepted
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1,595
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Entered
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675
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| 1999 Acceptance rate: 25.78% Yield rate:
43.95% |
DEGREES
AWARDED (MAY 1999)
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NUMBER
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Undergraduate (667 students)
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702
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Professional (18 students)
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18
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Graduate ( 461 students)
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466
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346
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120
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Total ( 1,140 students)
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1,186
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ENDOWMENT INFORMATION
(as of June 30, 1999)
The university's endowment $2.9 billion.
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| ALUMNI
INFORMATION (FALL 1999) |
| GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION |
NUMBER
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%
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| Houston |
11,847
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29.43
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| Other Texas |
6,806
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16.91
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| Other U.S. |
16,233
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40.32
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| International |
1,168
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2.90
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| Unknown |
4,202
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10.44
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| Totals |
40,256
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100.00
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| Deceased |
8,099
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| FACULTY
INFORMATION (OCTOBER 1, 1999) |
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FULL-TIME
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PART-TIME
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Professor
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249
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7
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Associate Professor
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101
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11
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Assistant Professor
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89
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0
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Instructor & Lecturer
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34
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117
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Artist/Teacher
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3
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5
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Totals
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476
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140
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Faculty fellows
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19
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Visiting Faculty
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5
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4
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Tenure/tenure track faculty
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92%
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(of all f/t faculty)
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FTE (full-time equivalents) faculty
3
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560
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Adjunct (neither full-time or part-time)
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167
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Faculty Books Published 1999:
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96
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Faculty Journal Articles Published 1999:
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1,236
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Faculty with Ph.D./Terminal Degrees in Field:
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98%
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TUITION
AND FEES (1999-2000)
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UNDERGRADUATE
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GRADUATE
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Tuition (entering/visitors)
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$15,350
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$16,100
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1998-99 matriculants
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14,900
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N/A
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1997-98 matriculants
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14,350
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N/A
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1996-97 matriculants
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13,650
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N/A
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Room and Board (approximate)
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6,600
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N/A
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Fees (approximate)
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446
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305
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| FINANCIAL
AID (1999-2000)
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UNDERGRADUATE
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| Total Awarded |
$30,100,318
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| Average Award (from all sources) |
$13,941
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| Number of Recipients |
2,159
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| SUPPORT
(IN MILLIONS) |
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GIFTS BY FUND USE
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FY99
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Current Use (undesignated)
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$4.9
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Current Use (designated)
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$15.2
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Plant
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$16.2
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Endowment
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$37.8
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Annuity & Life Income
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$4.3
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Totals
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$78.4
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GIFTS BY SOURCE
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FY99
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Alumni
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24.0%
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Friends
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11.0%
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Corp. and Corp. Foundations
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8.0%
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Philanthropic Foundations
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39.0%
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Estates
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19.0%
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Totals
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100.0%
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RECENT RANKINGS
1st, least debt per graduate (for private
universities), US News & World Report
1st, best college for the value (for private universities), Kiplinger's
Personal Finance
4th, 1998 Guide to the Top 25 Colleges for Hispanics
5th, best college value in nation, US News & World Report
14th, quality ranking, US News & World Report
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
E. William Barnett '55 (Chair)
J. D. Bucky Allshouse '71
D. Kent Anderson '62
James A. Baker, III
Teveia Rose Barnes '75
Raymond D. Brochstein '55
James W. Crownover '65
Janice Doty '60
James A. Elkins, III
Lee Hage Jamail
Albert N. Kidd '64
Michael R. Lynch '73
Frederick R. Lummis, Jr. '53
Robert R. Maxfield '63
Burton J. McMurtry '56
Robert C. McNair
Bob Parks '73
W. Bernard Pieper '53
Harry M. Reasoner '60
William N. Sick '57
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| AWARDS
POSTED/PROPOSALS SUBMITTED |
| TOTALS |
FY 99
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FY 98
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% CHG
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| Awards Posted |
$44,472,183
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$37,977,896
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+17.10%
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| Proposals Submitted |
$163,534,000
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$159,297,270
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+2.7%
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| AWARD TRANSACTIONS POSTED BY SCHOOL |
| Engineering |
23,204,081
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21,033,757
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+10.32%
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| Humanities |
532,555
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165,935
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+220.94%
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| Natural Sciences |
17,913,685
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15,790,488
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+13.45%
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| Social Sciences |
460,01
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469,204
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-1.96%
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| Other |
2,361,852
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518,512
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+355.51%
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| Totals |
$44,472,183
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$37,977,896
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+17.10%
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RESEARCH CENTERS
AND INSTITUTES
Army High Performance Computing Research Center
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Center for Applied Psychological Systems
Center for Chemical Processing Technology
Center for Computational Geophysics
Center for Education
Center for the History of Leadership Institutions
Center for High Performance Software Research
Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Center for Multimedia Communication
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Center for Neurosciences
Center for the Study of Cultures
Center for the Study of Institutions and Values
Center for the Study of Languages
Center for the Study of Science and Technology
Center for Sustainability in the Built Environment
Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
Center for Urbanism
Center on the Management of Information Technology
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Energy and Environmental Systems Institute
Hazardous Substances Research Center/South and Southwest
Goethe Center for Central European Studies
Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering
Journal of Southern History
National Center for Ground Water Research
W. M. Keck Center for Computational Biology
Papers of Jefferson Davis
Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship
Rice Center for Organizational Effectiveness Studies
Rice Design Alliance
Rice Media Center
Rice Quantum Institute
Rice Space Institute
Rice University Art Gallery
Scientia
Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
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ACADEMIC SCHOOLS
AND DEPARTMENTS
School of Architecture
School of Continuing Studies
George R. Brown School of Engineering
Bioengineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computational and Applied Mathematics
Computer Science
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Environmental Science and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Statistics
School of Humanities
Art and Art History
Education
English
French Studies
German and Slavic Studies
Hispanic and Classical Studies
History
Kinesiology
Linguistics
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Jesse H. Jones
Graduate School of Management
Shepherd School of Music
Wiess School of Natural Sciences
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Chemistry
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Geology and Geophysics
Mathematics
Physics*
Space Physics and Astronomy*
School of Social
Sciences
Anthropology
Economics
Mathematical Economic Analysis
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
*The Departments of Physics and Space Physics and Astronomy will
be merged into a single Department of Physics and Space Astronomy
on July 1, 2000.
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NOTES
1 Includes all students
who have fewer than 30 hours
2 Includes those students
pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture or Bachelor
of Fine Arts degree
3 FTE includes all full-time
ranks and categories, as well as administrators with
tenure; a formula determines FTE for part-time faculty.
4 This calculation includes
federal Direct Parent loans. Parent loans may be
used to replace some or all of the family's contribution
to their student's
educational costs.
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Copyright © 1999 by Rice University. A publication
of the Office of Institutional Research.
Contact Jaime Garcia (jgarcia@rice.edu),
Denise Brannon (dbrannon@rice.edu).
Last updated
May 18, 2001
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