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Office of Institutional Research at Rice University - December 2000

Students - Admissions - Degrees - Endowment - Alumni - Faculty - Tuition -
Financial Aid - Support - Rankings - Board of Trustees - Awards &
Proposals - Centers & Institutes - Academic Schools

STUDENT INFORMATION (FALL 2000)

ENROLLMENT FALL '00             %

Headcount Totals         4,372        100.00

Undergrad. Totals         2,658          60.80

Freshman¹            694          26.11

Sophomore            588          22.12

Junior            602          22.65

Senior            774          29.12

Fifth Year Students²             31            0.71

Class III             15            0.34

Visiting Students           155            3.55

Graduate Totals         1,513          34.60

GRADUATE ENROLLMENT (FALL 2000)

School

Architecture                     57        3.77%

Engineering                   362      23.93%

Humanities                   154      10.17%

Interdisciplinary                     15          1.0%

Management                   381      25.18%

Music                   166      10.97%

Natural Sciences                   250      16.52%

Social Sciences                   128        8.46%

Totals                1,513    100.00%

ETHNICITY

Native American             18            0.41%

Asian-American           477          10.91%

African-American           205            4.69%

Hispanic-American           299            6.84%

Multi-Racial           N/A            N/A

White (incl. unknown)         2825          64.62%

International           548          12.53%

GENDER
(ALL STUDENTS)

Male         2427           55.51%

Female         1897           43.39%

Gender not designated             48             1.10%

ADMISSION INFORMATION (FALL 2000)

UNDERGRADUATE FALL '00

Applied        6,802

Accepted        1,583

Entered           628

2000 Acceptance rate: 23.27% Yield rate: 39.67%

DEGREES AWARDED (MAY 2000)

NUMBER

Undergraduate
     710

Professional
       22

Graduate            494

       Master's
     376

       Ph.D.'s
     118

Total
   1,226

ENDOWMENT INFORMATION (as of June 30, 2000)
The university's endowment $3.37 billion.

ALUMNI INFORMATION (FALL 2000)

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION NUMBER        %

Houston       12,045 29.32

Other Texas         6,945 16.91

Other U.S.       16,657 40.54

International         1,226     2.98

Unknown         4210 10.25

Totals       41,083 100.00

Deceased         8,360

FACULTY INFORMATION (OCTOBER 1, 2000)

FULL-TIME PART-TIME

Professor                   244                          5

Associate Professor                     92
11

Assistant Professor                   102                           1

Instructor & Lecturer                     40                       119

Artist/Teacher                       3                           4

Totals
481
                      140

Faculty fellows                     17

Visiting Faculty                     10                         11

Tenure/tenure track faculty                  91% (of all f/t faculty)

FTE (full-time equivalents) faculty³                  569

Adjunct (neither full--time or part-time)                  178

Faculty Books Published 2000*:                                                              82
Faculty Journal Articles Published 2000*:                                            1,099
Faculty with Ph.D./Terminal Degrees in Field:                                        98%

*To be updated as additional information is received

TUITION AND FEES (2000-2001)

UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE

Tuition (entering/visitors)
                      $15,950

        $16,700

1999-00 matriculants
                        15,750

              N/A

1998-99 matriculants
                       15,300

              N/A

1997-98 matriculants
        14,750
               N/A

1996-97 matriculants                           14,000                N/A

Room and Board (approximate)
                         6,850

              N/A

Fees (approximate)
                            494

               298

FINANCIAL AID (2000-2001)

UNDERGRADUATE

Total Awarded                $25,196,542

Average Award (from all sources)                       $11,649

Number of Recipients                           2,163

SUPPORT (IN MILLIONS)

GIFTS BY FUND USE        FY00

Current Use (undesignated)       $ 7,951

Current Use (designated)       $13,949

Plant       $11,610

Endowment       $37,381

Annuity & Life Income       $ 2,734

Totals       $73,625

GIFTS BY SOURCE
FY00

Alumni $28,527

Friends $ 5,337

Corps and Corp Foundations $ 8,221

Philanthropic Foundations $16,972

Estates $13,984

Other $     585

Totals $73,625

RECENT RANKINGS
TBA, least debt per graduate (for private universities), US News & World Report
TBA, best college for the value (for private universities), Kiplinger's Personal Finance
TBA, 1998 Guide to the Top 25 Colleges for Hispanics
TBA, best college value in nation, US News & World Report
TBA, quality ranking, US News & World Report

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

Albert Y. Chao

James W. Crownover '65

Janice Doty '60

James A. Elkins, III

Lee Hage Jamail

K. Terry Koonce '60, '63

Frederick R. Lummis, Jr. '53

Michael R. Lynch '73

Robert R. Maxfield '63

Burton J. McMurtry '56

Robert C. McNair

Steven L. Miller

Bob Parks '73

Harry M. Reasoner '60

Karen Hess Rogers '68

William N. Sick '57

AWARDS TRANSACTIONS POSTED BY SCHOOL

TOTALS           FY 00
FY 99

% CHG

Engineering     23,021,045
23,204,081

-0.01%

Humanities          767,317
       532,555

+144.08%

Natural Sciences     21,215,168
17,913,685

+118.43%

Social Sciences       1,139,528
       460,010

+247.72%

Other          625,631
       2,361,852

-264.89%

Totals $46,768,689
$44,472,183

+5.16%

RESEARCH CENTERS AND INSTITUTES

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Center for Applied Psychological Systems
Center for Chemical Processing Technology
Center for Computational Discrete Optimization
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
Computational Mathematics Laboratory
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Cox Laboratory and Biomedical Engineering
Department of Defense Advanced Applied Technology
Energy and Environmental Systems Institute
Goethe Center for Central European Studies
Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center
Hazardous Substances Research Center/South and Southwest
Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering
Journal of Southern History
National Center for Ground Water Research
NASA Specialized Center for Research and Training (NSCORT)
W. M. Keck Center for Computational Biology
Papers of Jefferson Davis
Rice Advanced Visualization Lab
Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship
Rice Center for Organizational Effectiveness Studies
Rice Design Alliance
Rice Engineering Design and Development Institute
Rice University Media Center
Rice Quantum Institute
Rice Space Institute
Rice University Art Gallery
Scientia
Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
Wetland Center for Biogeochemical Research

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
   English
   French Studies
   German and Slavic Studies
   Hispanic and Classical Studies
   History
   Kinesiology
   Linguistics
   Philosophy
   Religious Studies
   Secondary Education
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 and Space Astronomy
School of Social Sciences
   Anthropology
   Economics
   Mathematical Economic Analysis
   Political Science
   Psychology
   Sociology

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.

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Last updated 18 December 2000.

*ENROLLMENT*	*FALL '00*	%
*Headcount Totals*	4,372	100.00
*Undergrad. Totals*	2,658	60.80
Freshman¹	694	26.11
Sophomore	588	22.12
Junior	602	22.65
Senior	774	29.12
*Fifth Year Students²*	31	0.71
*Class III*	15	0.34
*Visiting Students*	155	3.55
*Graduate Totals*	1,513	34.60

*School*
Architecture	57	3.77%
Engineering	362	23.93%
Humanities	154	10.17%
Interdisciplinary	15	1.0%
Management	381	25.18%
Music	166	10.97%
Natural Sciences	250	16.52%
Social Sciences	128	8.46%
*Totals*	*1,513*	*100.00%*

*ETHNICITY*
Native American	18	0.41%
Asian-American	477	10.91%
African-American	205	4.69%
Hispanic-American	299	6.84%
Multi-Racial	N/A	N/A
White (incl. unknown)	2825	64.62%
International	548	12.53%

*GENDER* *(ALL STUDENTS)*
Male	2427	55.51%
Female	1897	43.39%
Gender not designated	48	1.10%

*UNDERGRADUATE*	*FALL '00*
Applied	6,802
Accepted	1,583
Entered	628

	*NUMBER*
*Undergraduate*	*710*
*Professional*	22
*Graduate*	*494*
Master's	376
Ph.D.'s	118
*Total*	*1,226*

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION	NUMBER	%
Houston	12,045	29.32
Other Texas	6,945	16.91
Other U.S.	16,657	40.54
International	1,226	2.98
Unknown	4210	10.25
*Totals*	*41,083*	*100.00*
Deceased	8,360

	*FULL-TIME*	*PART-TIME*
Professor	244	5
Associate Professor	92	11
Assistant Professor	102	1
Instructor & Lecturer	40	119
Artist/Teacher	3	4
*Totals*	*481*	*140*
*Faculty fellows*	17
*Visiting Faculty*	10	11
*Tenure/tenure track faculty*	*91%*	*(of all f/t faculty)*
*FTE (full-time equivalents) faculty³*	*569*
*Adjunct (neither full--time or part-time)*	*178*

	*UNDERGRADUATE*	*GRADUATE*
Tuition (entering/visitors)	$15,950	$16,700
1999-00 matriculants	15,750	N/A
1998-99 matriculants	15,300	N/A
1997-98 matriculants	14,750	N/A
1996-97 matriculants	14,000	N/A
Room and Board (approximate)	6,850	N/A
Fees (approximate)	494	298

	*UNDERGRADUATE*
Total Awarded	$25,196,542
Average Award (from all sources)	$11,649
Number of Recipients	2,163

*GIFTS BY FUND USE*	*FY00*
Current Use (undesignated)	$ 7,951
Current Use (designated)	$13,949
Plant	$11,610
Endowment	$37,381
Annuity & Life Income	$ 2,734
*Totals*	$73,625

*GIFTS BY SOURCE*	*FY00*
Alumni	$28,527
Friends	$ 5,337
Corps and Corp Foundations	$ 8,221
Philanthropic Foundations	$16,972
Estates	$13,984
Other	$ 585
*Totals*	$73,625

*TOTALS*	*FY 00*	*FY 99*	*% CHG*
Engineering	23,021,045	23,204,081	-0.01%
Humanities	767,317	532,555	+144.08%
Natural Sciences	21,215,168	17,913,685	+118.43%
Social Sciences	1,139,528	460,010	+247.72%
Other	625,631	2,361,852	-264.89%
*Totals*	*$46,768,689*	*$44,472,183*	*+5.16%*