FACTSHEET

Office of Institutional Research at Rice University - December 1998

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

 STUDENT INFORMATION
ENROLLMENT
 FALL '98
    %
 Fall '97
     %
 %CHG
Headcount Totals
4,401
100.00
   4,285
100.00
    +2.71
Undergrad. Totals
      2,743
   62.33
   2,714
  63.04
    +1.07
Freshman1
         749
   27.31
      826
  30.44
     -9.32
Sophomore
         590
   21.51
      605
  22.29
     -2.48
Junior
         649
   23.66
      601
  22.14
    +7.99
Senior
   755
   27.52
      682
  25.13
  +10.70
Fifth Year Students2
         39
     0.89
        31
    0.72
  +25.81
Other
         133
     3.02
      145
    3.38
    -8.27
Graduate Totals
      1,486
   33.76
   1,395
  32.56 
   +6.52 
ETHNICITY 
(EXCLUDES "OTHER"3)
Native American
         26
    0.61
       26
      0.60
     0.00
Asian-American
       495
  11.60     462
     11.16
   +7.14
African-American
       208
    4.87     199
       4.81
   +4.52
Hispanic-American
       321
    7.52     308
       7.44
   +4.22
Multi-Racial
         27
    0.63       20
       0.48
 +35.00 
White (incl. unknown)
    2,699
  63.24   2,671
     64.52
   +1.05
International
       492
  11.53     454
     10.97 
   +8.37
GENDER 
(ALL STUDENTS)
Male 
  2,468 
 56.08
   2,391
  55.80
 +3.22 
Female 
  1,933
 43.92
   1,894
  44.20 
 +2.06
RESIDENCY
(ALL STUDENTS)
Texas   2,203  50.06
   2,056
     47.98
  +7.15
Other U.S.
 1,438
 32.67
1,593
37.18
-9.73
International
 492
 11.18
454
10.59
+8.37
Unknown
 135
 3.07
182
4.25
-25.82

ADMISSION INFORMATION
UNDERGRADUATE FALL '98 FALL '97 % CHG
Applied
6,463
     6,375
+1.38 
Accepted
 1,527
       1,748
-12.64 
Entered
 642
     704
-8.81 

1998 Acceptance rate: 24%   Yield rate: 42%

GRADUATE (FALL 1998)
School FY1998 FY1997 % CHG
Architecture
 62
62
0.00 
Engineering
 366
328
 +11.59
Humanities
 166
178
-6.74 
Management
 331
265
+24.91
Music
 185
179
+3.35 
Natural Sciences
 257
239
+7.53 
Social Sciences
 127
132
 -3.79
Interdiciplinary
 23
26
-11.54 
Totals
 1,517
1,408
+ 7.74

DEGREES AWARDED (MAY 1998)
NUMBER
Undergraduate (619 students)
     654
Professional (12 students)
       12
Graduate ( 437 students)
       Master's
     334
       Ph.D.'s
     114
Total ( 1,068 students)
   1,114

ENDOWMENT INFORMATION
The university's endowment as of June 30, 1998, was $2.8 billion.

ALUMNI INFORMATION (FALL 1998)
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION NUMBER        %
Houston
    11,806
 29.95 
Other Texas
      6,708
 17.02
Other U.S.
    15,729
 39.90
International
      1,129
 2.86
 Unknown
      4,051
 10.28
Totals
    39,423
100.00
Deceased
      7,852
  

FACULTY INFORMATION (OCTOBER 1, 1998)
FULL-TIME PART-TIME
Professor
245
                4
Associate Professor
97
              10
Assistant Professor
85
                0
Instructor & Lecturer
                30
            124
Artist/Teacher
                  3
                6
Totals
              460
            144
FTE (full-time equifalents) faculty
548
Adjunct
              170
Fellow
                19
  

Faculty Books Published 1997-1998:                      119
Faculty Journal Articles Published 1997-1998:     1, 382
Faculty with Ph.D./Terminal Degrees in Field:          98%

TUITION AND FEES (1998-99)
UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE
Tuition (entering/visitors)
                      $14,675
        $15,300
1997-98 matriculants
                        14,150
              N/A
1996-97 matriculants
                       13,450
              N/A
Other continuing, f/t students
  11,500
                N/A
Room and Board (approximate)
                         6,400
              N/A
Fees (approximate)
                            425
               300

FINANCIAL AID (1996-97)
UNDERGRADUATE
Total Awarded
              $26,351,332
Average Award
                     $11,417
Support in Millions
2,308

SUPPORT (IN MILLIONS)
GIFTS BY FUND USE FY98
Current Use (undesignated)
 $3.9
Current Use (designated)
 45.5
Totals
 $49.4
GIFTS BY SOURCE 
FY98
Alumni
23%
Friends
18%
Corps and Corp Foundations
14%
Philanthropic Foundations
32%
Estates
12%
Other    2%
Totals
100%

RANKINGS (SEPTEMBER 1998)
1st, least debt per graduate (for private universities), US News & World Report
4th, best college value in nation, US News & World Report
18th, quality ranking, US News & World Report

BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Elected Expiration
E. William Barnett '55 (Chair)
 1991
2005
J. D. Bucky Allshouse '71
 1988
2021
D. Kent Anderson '62
 1986
2013
James A. Baker, III
 1993
2002
Teveia Rose Barnes '75
 1997
1999
Raymond Brochstein '55
 1998
2002
James A. Elkins, III
 1996
2000
Matt F. Gorges '58
 1995
1999
Lee Hage Jamail
 1994
Albert N. Kidd '64
 1996
2000
Frederick R. Lummis, Jr. '53
 1996
1999
Robert R. Maxfield '63
 1994
2001
Burton J. McMurtry '56
 1987
2007
Robert C. McNair
 1994
2002
Constantine S. Nicandros
 1995
2005
W. Bernard Pieper '53
 1996
2000
Harry M. Reasoner '60
 1994
2002
Gloria M. Shatto '54
 1997
2001
William N. Sick '57
 1996
2001

AWARDS POSTED/PROPOSALS SUBMITTED
TOTALS
 FY 98
 FY 97
% CHG
Awards Posted
 $37,977,896
$  40,047,426
       -5.17%
Proposals Submitted
 $159,297,270
$121,721,402
       +30.87%
AWARD TRANSACTIONS POSTED BY SCHOOL 
Engineering
 21,033,757
$22,075,663
    -4.72
Humanities
       165,935
       421,628
-60.64
Natural Sciences
  15,790,488
$17,026,844
     -7.26
Social Sciences
       469,204
       346,517
   +35.41
Other
       518,512
       176,774
   +193.32
Totals
 $37,977,896
$40,047,426
      -5.17

RESEARCH CENTERS AND INSTITUTES

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Center for Applied Psychological Systems
Center for Education
Center for Ethics, Medicine and Public Issues
Center for the History of Leadership Institutions
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Center for Professional Studies
Center for the Study of Cultures
Center for the Study of Institutions and Values
Center for the Study of Languages
Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
Center for Urbanism
Center for Research on Parallel Computation
Center on the Management of Information Technology
Computational Mathematics Laboratory
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Cox Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering
Energy and Environmental Systems Institute
Gulf Coast Hazardous Substances Research Center
Hazardous Substances Research Center/South and Southwest
Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering
Institute for Policy Analysis
Journal of Southern History
W. M. Keck Center for Computational Biology
National Center for Ground Water Research
Papers of Jefferson Davis
Rice Design Alliance
Rice Engineering Design and Development Institute
Rice Media Center
Rice Quantum Institute
Rice University Art Gallery
Scientia
Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
Superfund University Training Institute

ACADEMIC SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS
School of Architecture
    Architecture
    Urban Design
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
   Human Performance and Health Sciences
   Linguistics
   Philosophy
   Religious Studies
    Secondary Education
Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management
   Business Administration
Shepherd School of Music
   Composition
   Music History
   Performance
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

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 Includes Class III Students (students with degrees taking classes for
  credit, but not in a specific degree program) and Visitors (students taking
  courses for undergraduate credit to be applied toward a degree at another
  school)

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Copyright © 1998 by Rice University. A publication of the Office of
Institutional Research. Contact Astrid Jernick (ajernick@ruf.rice.edu).

Last updated 23 January 1998.